RT Book
T1 Resisting violence and victimisation: Christian faith and solidarity in East Timor
A1 Hodge, Joel
LA English
PP Farnham, Surrey, England
PB Ashgate
YR 2012
UL https://ixtheo.de/Record/738345830
AB Includes bibliographical references and index
AB This book seeks a deeper understanding of faith and violence, exploring how Christian faith and solidarity affected the hope and resistance of the East Timorese under Indonesian occupation in their response to state-sanctioned violence. Grounded in the work of mimetic theorist René Girard, Hodge contends that the experience of victimisation in East Timor led to an important identification with Jesus Christ as self-giving victim and formed a distinctive communal and ecclesial solidarity.Presenting the East Timorese stories under occupation and Girard's insights in dialogue, this book offers fre
OP 232
NO Description based upon print version of record
CN BT736.15 .H63 2012
SN 1-283-59117-0
SN 978-1-4094-4587-6
SN 978-1-4094-4588-3
SN 978-1-283-59117-1
K1 Girard, René, 1923-
K1 Christianity : Timor-Leste
K1 Faith development : Timor-Leste : History : 20th century
K1 Violence : Timor-Leste : History : 20th century
K1 Government, Resistance to : Timor-Leste : History : 20th century
K1 Government, Resistance to : Religious aspects : Christianity
K1 Psychology, Religious : Timor-Leste
K1 Electronic books