Embodiment and incarnation

Scott Cowdell

doi:10.1057/978-1-137-53825-3_26

Embodiment and incarnation

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Abstract

René Girard’s “we-centric” mimetic theory acknowledges embodiment in a way that Platonic, Augustinian, and Cartesian currents in Western thought do not. In this, it is in keeping with phenomenology and continental feminism, though rather estranged from the latter. The doctrine of Christ’s incarnation is embraced by Girard based on his prior convictions about the Bible revealing sacred violence and echoed in the way his method combines theology with social science.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	The Palgrave handbook of mimetic theory and religion
Editors	James Alison, Wolfgang Palaver
Place of Publication	New York
Publisher	Palgrave Macmillan
Chapter	26
Pages	193-200
Number of pages	8
ISBN (Electronic)	9781137538253
ISBN (Print)	9781137552808
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1057/978-1-137-53825-3_26
Publication status	Published - 2017

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