A theology of conflict and other writings on nonviolence /Dominique Barb{acute}e.
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Foreword / James W. Douglass -- Presentation / Bishop Angielico Soandalo Bernardino -- PART ONE : A THEOLOGY OF CONFLICT -- THE LOGIC OF THE SCAPEGOAT -- Anthropological hypothesis of Renie Girard -- The Human mimetic faculty -- Imitation of appropriation and of antagonism -- Imitative crisis and emergence of the scapegoat -- PROHIBITIONS, RITES, MYTHS -- Prohibition and taboo -- Rite -- Myth -- Difference between myth and reality -- Growth of human culture -- A NONVIOLENT REREADING OF THE BIBLE -- Cain and Abel -- Biblical myth and Roman myth -- Joseph and his brothers -- Moses and the Exodus -- Leviticus -- The Law and the Prophets -- Job -- Isaiah -- THE LOGIC OF THE LAMB OF GOD -- The Law and its prohibitions -- The Sabbath -- The Temple -- The Role of murder in the foundation of society -- Jesus' theology of conflict -- Incriminated community vs. innocent Lamb of God.
xv, 181 pages ;21 cm