Wolfgang Palaver is Professor of Catholic Social Thought and Chair of the Institute for Systematic Theology at the University of Innsbruck. He is a member of the advisory board of Imitatio, a nonprofit organization dedicated to René Girard’s mimetic theory.

Palaver's survey of Girard's mimetic theory is the most thorough introduction to Girard's thought and its ramifications that has been written, uniting profound insight, clear explication, and a tremendous breadth of research.--James Williams, author of The Bible, Violence, and the Sacred and editor of The Girard Reader

• Contents Preface Preface to the English Edition 1. Life and Work of René Girard 2. Religion and Modernity 3. Mimetic Desire 4. The Scapegoat Mechanism as Origin of Culture 5. Biblical Revelation and Christianity 6. Political Implications of the Mimetic Theory 7. Mimetic Theory and Gender Chronology Notes Bibliography Index of Terms Index of Names

Wolfgang Palaver is Professor of Catholic Social Thought and Chair of the Institute for Systematic Theology at the University of Innsbruck. He is a member of the advisory board of Imitatio, a nonprofit organization dedicated to René Girard’s mimetic theory.

Palaver's survey of Girard's mimetic theory is the most thorough introduction to Girard's thought and its ramifications that has been written, uniting profound insight, clear explication, and a tremendous breadth of research.--James Williams, author of The Bible, Violence, and the Sacred and editor of The Girard Reader

• Contents Preface Preface to the English Edition 1. Life and Work of René Girard 2. Religion and Modernity 3. Mimetic Desire 4. The Scapegoat Mechanism as Origin of Culture 5. Biblical Revelation and Christianity 6. Political Implications of the Mimetic Theory 7. Mimetic Theory and Gender Chronology Notes Bibliography Index of Terms Index of Names

Wolfgang Palaver is Professor of Catholic Social Thought and Chair of the Institute for Systematic Theology at the University of Innsbruck. He is a member of the advisory board of Imitatio, a nonprofit organization dedicated to René Girard’s mimetic theory.

Palaver's survey of Girard's mimetic theory is the most thorough introduction to Girard's thought and its ramifications that has been written, uniting profound insight, clear explication, and a tremendous breadth of research.--James Williams, author of The Bible, Violence, and the Sacred and editor of The Girard Reader

• Contents Preface Preface to the English Edition 1. Life and Work of René Girard 2. Religion and Modernity 3. Mimetic Desire 4. The Scapegoat Mechanism as Origin of Culture 5. Biblical Revelation and Christianity 6. Political Implications of the Mimetic Theory 7. Mimetic Theory and Gender Chronology Notes Bibliography Index of Terms Index of Names