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. Girard, R. (2013, 1997, 1972). Violence and the Sacred. (P. Gregory, Trans.) New York: Bloomsbury. 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 his theory yields in biblical and theological studies, especially related to St. Augustine. I express a caution. Girard offers a monolithic theory through whi