"Here is a pioneering work in applying mimetic theory to the understanding of discipleship in the modern world. A Human Catechism opens up a three-dimensional way of living the gospel with and alongside every different sort of 'other,' as well as preparing us for all the traps and forms of blindness we may fall into on the way." --James Alison, author of Jesus the Forgiving Victim: Listening for the Unheard Voice "I have been waiting for a book like this! A book that is theologically and anthropologically robust while not avoiding personal and communal application. Joel Aguilar Ramirez gives his reader a true narrative road map towards an embodied theology and liberative psychology. This book is an invitation towards a way of being human that is located in honesty and curiosity." --Ron Ruthruff, associate professor of theology and culture, The Seattle School of Theology and Psychology "In A Human Catechism , Joel Aguilar Ramirez invites us to a journey of becoming fully human. First he explores the cost of following an angry God waiting at the altar. He then proposes an alternative theological vision of a God with whom there is no violence.

This is one of the first works to use Rene Girard's mimetic theory to read a contemporary and practical context. Highly recommended!" --Fred Laceda, professor of theology, Penuel School of Theology.