CONTAGION:
JOURNAL OF VIOLENCE, MIMESIS, AND CULTURE

VOLUME 9 (SPRING 2002)

Main topic:
Papers of the COV&R Conference 2000 in Boston:
"Violence and Institution in Christianity, Judaism, Hinduism, Buddhism, and Islam:
A René Girard - Bernard J.F. Lonergan »Conversation«"

Complete Volume as PDF-document
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CONTENTS:

Introduction 1

Daly, Robert J., S.J.: Violence and Institution in Christianity 4

Nuechterlein, Paul: Christianity and Violence: A Response to Robert Daly 34

Discussion Summary 39

Kimelman, Reuven: Working Warfare and Its Restrictions in the Jewish Tradition 43

Goodhart, Sandor: Reading Halachically and Aggadically: A Response to Reuven Kimelman 64

Discussion Summary 77

Hamerton-Kelly, Robert: Response to Qamar-ul Huda 99

Discussion Summary 105

Clooney, Francis X., S.J.: Violence and Nonviolence in Hindu Religious Traditions 109

Shinnick, Julia W.: Hinduism and Mimetic Theory: A Response 140

Ives, Christopher: Dharma and Destruction: Buddhist Institutions and Violence 151

Lefebure, Leo D.: Buddhism and Mimetic Theory: A Response to Christopher Ives 175

Discussion Summary 185

Wrap-Up Summary 190

Epilogue 193

Notes to Contributors 197