{"product_id":"rene-girard-theology-and-pop-culture-9781978710085","title":"René Girard, Theology, and Pop Culture","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn René Girard, Theology, and Popular Culture, fifteen contributors consider how Girard’s mimetic theory can be used to uncover and probe the theological depths of popular culture. Creative and critical engagement with Girard’s theory enables the contributors to offer fresh and exciting interpretations of movies (The Devil Wears Prada, Mean Girls, Star Wars), television (Hoarders, Cobra Kai), classical literature and graphic novels, and issues ranging from anorexia to social media. The result is a volume that establishes Girard as an innovative interpreter of culture and shows him as an invaluable guide for theologically reflecting on desire, violence, redemption, and forgiveness. Written in fresh and lively prose, the contributors demonstrate not only that Girard provides a powerful lens through which to view culture but also—and more provocatively—challenge readers to consider what popular culture reveals about them. Readers looking for an accessible introduction to mimetic theory and exploring its theological application will find this a welcome resource. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhat a class act! These established and emerging Girard scholars demonstrate how mimetic theory, which cut its teeth on nineteenth-century novels, also illuminates contemporary film, television, and graphic novels—now that viewing has supplanted reading, as Girard acknowledges. And if these new genres don’t interest you, there are chapters on the weaponizing of Twitter, hoarding, anorexia, and the Church. Fr Duns’ introduction, explicating mimetic theory via The Devil Wears Prada, is a master class. A must for Girardians, an upskilling for theologians, a resource for preachers, and an education for pop culture junkies.\u003c\/p\u003e -- Scott Cowdell, Charles Sturt University\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eRené Girard and Pop Culture makes the case for what so many intrigued by mimetic theory intuit: it is everywhere. The editors have collected a range of impressive chapters covering blockbuster movies, graphic novels, the silver screen, and social media. Most delightful of all is an introduction that walks the reader through the stages of mimetic theory by recalling The Devil Wears Prada. This book is a great contribution to an important series and to scholars of religion interested in showing a theory at work.\u003c\/p\u003e -- Grant Kaplan, Saint Louis University\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 1: Mimesis, Mean Girls, and the Culture Creating Them: Tina Fey’s Interrogation of Teen Comedy\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBrian Bajek\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 2: Star Wars: Between Myth and Gospel\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eErik Buys\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 3: Desire, the Scapegoated Other, and J.J. Abrams’ The Force Awakens\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJohn C. McDowell\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 4: Girard’s Lasso of Truth: Wonder Woman and the Overcoming of Satan\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eStephanie Perdew\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 5: Those Who Have Eyes to See: The Divine Origins of the Modern Plot Twist\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJordan Almanzar\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 6: Gazing into a Mirror: Watching Hoarders with Girard\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRyan G. Duns\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 7: From the Hermeneutic of Violence to Redemption: The 100 and Mimetic Theory\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePaolo Diego Bubbio\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 8: Mercy, Honor, and Girardian Conversion in The Karate Kid and Cobra Kai\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRyan Smock\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 9: The Pleasures and Perils of Revenge: Sons of Anarchy and Girard\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eGeorge A. Dunn\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 10: Exorcising Blame Through A Contract with God: A Girardian Analysis of Will Eisner’s Graphic Novel\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDaniel DeForest London\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 11: Unmasking the Theological Shell: A Girardian Reading of Jonathan Hickman’s Secret Wars\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMatthew Brake\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 12: From Autonomy to Annihilation: The Monstrous Truth of the Romantic Lie\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRobert Grant Price\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 13: Subtweeting in the End Times: Social Media and the Escalation to Extremes \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJustin Lee\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 14: Starving for Beauty: On Anorexia and Mimetic Desire\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAnna Scanlon\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 15: From #MeToo to #WeToo: Mimetic Ecclesiology and the Possibility of Structural Reform\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eT. Derrick Witherington\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rowman \u0026 Littlefield","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51043439378775,"sku":"9781978710085","price":76.5,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781978710085.jpg?v=1750958233","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/rene-girard-theology-and-pop-culture-9781978710085","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}