Contagion is the journal of the COLLOQUIUM ON VIOLENCE AND RELIGION, an international association of scholars founded in 1990 and dedicated to the exploration, criticism, and development of René Girard‘s mimetic model of the relationship between violence and religion in the genesis and maintenance of culture. COV&R is concerned with questions of research and application. Scholars from diverse fields and theoretical orientations are invited to participate in its conferences and publications. Membership includes subscriptions to CONTAGION and to the organization‘s bianual Bulletin which contains recent bibliography, book reviews, and information on the annual conference as well as on relevant satellite sessions in conferences of diverse disciplines.
EDITOR:
William A. Johnsen
Michigan State University
ADVISORY EDITORS:
René GIRARD, Stanford University; Andrew McKenna, Loyola University of Chicago: Raymund SCHWAGER †, University of Innsbruck; James WILLIAMS, Syracuse University
EDITORIAL BOARD:
Rebecca Adams, Independent Scholar; Mark Anspach, École Polytechnique, Paris; Ann Astell, Purdue University; Cesáreo Bandera, University of North Carolina; Maria Stella Barberi, Università di Messina; Diana Culbertson, Kent State University; Jean-Pierre Dupuy, Stanford University, École Polytechnique; Paul Dumouchel, Université du Québec a Montréal; Giuseppe Fornari, Università degli studi di Bergamo; Eric Gans, University of California, Los Angeles; Sandor Goodhardt, Purdue University; Robert Hamerton-Kelly, Stanford University; Hans Jensen, Aarhus University, Denmark; Mark Juergensmeyer, University of California, Santa Barbara; Cheryl Kirk-Duggan, Shaw Divinity School; Michael Kirwan, SJ, Heythrop College, University of London; Paisley Livingston, Lingnan University, Hong Kong; Charles Mabee, Ecumenical Theological Seminary, Detroit; Józef Niewiadomski, Universität Innsbruck; Wolfgang Palaver, Universität Innsbruck; Martha Reineke, University of Northern Iowa; Tobin Siebers, University of Michigan; Thee Smith, Emory University; Mark Wallace, Swarthmore College; Eugene Webb, University of Washington
Subscription rates:
Non members of COV&R are invited to
subscribe to Contagion or to order single issues. Further details about ordering, subscription
rates and payment you will find at the
CONTAGION homepage
at Michigan State University Press.
Submission of manuscripts
The editors invite submission of manuscripts dealing with the theory or practical
application of the mimetic model in anthropology, economics, literature, philosophy, psychology,
religion, sociology, and cultural studies. Essays should conform to the conventions of The
Chicago Manual of Style and should not exceed a length of 7,500 words including notes and
bibliography. Accepted manuscripts will require final submission on disk written with an IBM
compatible program.
Correspondence address:
William A. Johnsen
Department of English
Michigan State University
113B Morrill Hall
East Lansing, MI 48824, USA
Office Phone: ++ (517) 432-3375
Email to editor: johnsen@msu.edu
Email for orders: journals@msu.edu
Contagion homepage: http://msupress.msu.edu/journals/cont/
Member of the Council of Editors of Learned Journals CELJ
© 1996 Colloquium on Violence
and Religion at Stanford
ISSN 1075-7201