Renee Girard and Mimetic Theory
Bibliography Girard, R. (1999, 2001). I See Satan Falling Like Lightning. (J. G. and Foreward, Trans.) Maryknoll, NY: Orbis Books. Palaver, W. (2013). Rene Girard's Mimetic Theory (Studies in Violence, Mimesis & Culture. East Lansing, MI: Michigan State University. Pannenberg, W. (1998, 1991). Systematic Theology. Grand Rapids, MI: Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Co. Taylor, C. (2007). A Secular Age. Cambridge, MA: The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press. This exploration into the thought of Rene Girard will focus upon his insight into the mimetic cycle. While he discusses his personal conversion to Christ, it has little influence upon evaluating the validity of mimetic theory. I will focus upon the insights theory yields in biblical and theological studies, especially related to St. Augustine. I express a caution. Girard offers a monolithic theory through which he seeks to explain so much that it influences anthropology, theory of culture, politics, religion, th