The state of grace and the law of the cross: further insights into Lonergan from René Girard
This essay identifies parallels in René Girard’s reflections on the experience of violence and suffering and Bernard Lonergan’s understanding of the Law of the Cross. Their works help to illuminate how the total self-offering of Christ out of love functions to reorient interpersonal knowing and to c...
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| Format: | Electronic/Print Article |
| Language: | English |
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Peeters
[2014]
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Theoforum
Year: 2014, Volume: 45, Issue: 1, Pages: 119-132 |
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| Summary: | This essay identifies parallels in René Girard’s reflections on the experience of violence and suffering and Bernard Lonergan’s understanding of the Law of the Cross. Their works help to illuminate how the total self-offering of Christ out of love functions to reorient interpersonal knowing and to constitute a community that has the form of the Suffering Servant, the form of divine love that overcomes mimetic desire and violence. Cette contribution identifie des points connexes dans la pensée de René Girard sur l’expérience de la violence et de la souffrance et la notion de la Loi de la Croix de Bernard Lonergan. Leurs réflexions illuminent la manière dont l’offrande totale du Christ, dans l’amour, fonctionne dans la réorientation de la connaissance interpersonnelle, ainsi que dans la constitution d’une communauté qui prend la forme du Serviteur Souffrant, la forme de l’amour qui dépasse le désir et la violence mimétique. |
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| ISSN: | 1495-7922 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Theoforum
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.2143/TF.45.1.3073537 |