Overview: The first introductory volume to gather articles from the world’s foremost scholars of mimetic theory and religion, and first major collective work of this scope on mimetic theory.Makes a decisive con.The Palgrave Handbook of Mimetic Theory and Religion. draws on the expertise of leading scholars and thinkers to explore the violent origins of culture, the meaning of ritual, and the conjunction of theology and anthropology, as well as secularization, science, and terrorism. Authors assess the contributions of René Girard’s mimetic theory to our understanding of sacrifice, ancient tra
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