Description:
In René Girard and Secular Modernity, Scott Cowdell provides the first systematic interpretation of René Girard's controversial approach to secular modernity.
Brief description:
Scott Cowdell is associate professor and research fellow in public and contextual theology at Charles Sturt University, Canberra, Australia, and canon theologian of the Canberra-Goulburn Anglican Diocese. He is author and editor of a number of books, including Violence, Desire, and the Sacred: Girard's Mimetic Theory Across the Disciplines (edited with Chris Fleming and Joel Hodge).
Review Quotes:
"More than any other study devoted to Girard, Cowdell incorporated Girard's more recent writings and interviews into a total picture of mimetic theory and brings it into conversation with modern secularism. . . . [His] book deserves a place among the pantheon of works that show the importance of mimetic theory for Christian theology." --Theological Studies