Contributors Foreword Paul Dumouchel Introduction Joel Hodge, Scott Cowdell, and Chris Fleming Mimesis, Violence, and the Sacred: An Overview of the Thought of Ren¿ Girard Chris Fleming Part 1: Politics 1. Abolition or Transformation? The Political Implications of Ren¿ Girard's Theory of Sacrifice Wolfgang Palaver 2. Sacrifice in the Democratic Age: Rivalry and Crisis in Recent Australian Politics Joel Hodge 3. Mimetic Theory and Hermeneutic Communism Paolo Diego Bubbio 4. War on Terror: The Escalation to Extremes Sarah Drews Lucas 5. Scapegoating the Guilty: Girard and International Criminal Law Nathan Kensey Part 2: Cultural and Textual Analysis 6. The Scapegoating of Cheerleading and Cheerleaders Emma A. Jane 7.

"Things Hidden": On Shame, Violence, and Concealment in Autobiography Rosamund Dalziell 8 "That False Paradise": Desire, Sacrifice, and the American Dream in Jeffrey Eugenides' The Virgin Suicides Carly Osborn Part 3: Theology 9. Hearing the Cry of the Poor: Ren¿ Girard and St. Augustine on the Psalms Ann W. Astell 10. Sacrifice, Pagan and Christian Robert J. Daly SJ 11. Living Faithfully "Where Danger Threatens": Christian Discernment According to John Cassian and Ren¿ Girard Kevin Lenehan Part 4: Psychology 12. A Psychologist Venturing Across an Interdisciplinary Bridge to Mimetic Theory and Its Applications Marie R.

Joyce 13. Internet Offenders as Girardian Scapegoats Bruce A. Stevens Part 5: Applied Mimetic Theory 14. A Girardian Reading of the Evagrian "Eight Kinds of Evil Thoughts" Drasko Dizdar 15. Forsaking Our Violent Ways: A Girardian Reflection on the Sermon on the Mount as a Path to a New Social Order Peter Stork 16. Girard's Interdividual Psychology Applied to Pastoral Leadership in Churches Bruce Wilson 17. Ecclesial Roots of Clergy Sexual Abuse: A Girardian Reflection Scott Cowdell 18. Practical Reflections on Nonviolent Atonement Michael Hardin Glossary of Key Girardian Terms Further Reading Index.