Mimesis, Sacrifice, Thanksgiving: from an Anthropology of Sacrifice to the Theology of the Eucharist
On the Mimetic Theory of René Girard
Keywords:
René Girard, mimetic theory, violence, rite, Eucharist
Abstract
After giving a brief summary of René Girard’s mimethic theory and then surveying some of its critical points, this essay tries to apply its insights to the central sacrament of Christianity, i. e. the Eucharist.
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A Cena Agni Liturgikus tanulmányi napokon (2020. augusztus 10–12.) Pannonhalmán elhangzott előadás bővített és szerkesztett szövege.
