René Girard, theology, and pop culture. (2021)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Edited by Ryan G. Duns and T. Derrick Witherington.
• Editors: Duns, Ryan G, 1979-; Witherington, T. Derrick, 1985-
• Contents: Chapter 1: Mimesis, Mean Girls, and the Culture Creating Them: Tina Fey’s Interrogation of Teen Comedy <span style="font-style:italic;">Brian Bajek Chapter 2: Star Wars: Between Myth and Gospel <span style="font-style:italic;">Erik Buys Chapter 3: Desire, the Scapegoated Other, and J.J. Abrams’ <span style="font-style:italic;">The Force Awakens <span style="font-style:italic;">John C. McDowell Chapter 4: Girard’s Lasso of Truth: Wonder Woman and the Overcoming of Satan <span style="font-style:italic;">Stephanie Perdew Chapter 5: Those Who Have Eyes to See: The Divine Origins of the Modern Plot Twist <span style="font-style:italic;">Jordan Almanzar Chapter 6: Gazing into a Mirror: Watching <span style="font-style:italic;">Hoarders with Girard <span style="font-style:italic;">Ryan G. Duns Chapter 7: From the Hermeneutic of Violence to Redemption: <span style="font-style:italic;">The 100 and Mimetic Theory <span style="font-style:italic;">Paolo Diego Bubbio Chapter 8: Mercy, Honor, and Girardian Conversion in <span style="font-style:italic;">The Karate Kid and <span style="font-style:italic;">Cobra Ka i <span style="font-style:italic;">Ryan Smock Chapter 9: The Pleasures and Perils of Revenge: <span style="font-style:italic;">Sons of Anarchy and Girard <span style="font-style:italic;">George A. Dunn Chapter 10: Exorcising Blame Through A Contract with God: A Girardian Analysis of Will Eisner’s Graphic Novel <span style="font-style:italic;">Daniel DeForest London Chapter 11: Unmasking the Theological Shell: A Girardian Reading of Jonathan Hickman’s <span style="font-style:italic;">Secret Wars <span style="font-style:italic;">Matthew Brake Chapter 12: From Autonomy to Annihilation: The Monstrous Truth of the Romantic Lie <span style="font-style:italic;">Robert Grant Price Chapter 13: Subtweeting in the End Times: Social Media and the Escalation to Extremes <span style="font-style:italic;">Justin Lee Chapter 14: Starving for Beauty: On Anorexia and Mimetic Desire <span style="font-style:italic;">Anna Scanlon Chapter 15: From #MeToo to #WeToo: Mimetic Ecclesiology and the Possibility of Structural Reform <span style="font-style:italic;">T. Derrick Witherington
• Publisher Details: Lanham : Fortress Academic
• Publication Date: 2021
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: 302.01; Memetics; Popular culture; Theology; Popular culture -- Religious aspects
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781978710092
• Related ISBNs: 9781978710085
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Description based on CIP data; resource not viewed.
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