Maximus the confessor and René Girard: a hermeneutic approach

For Maximus the Confessor, the Holy Scriptures is a guide for the ascetic ascension and the commandment to imitate the Lord means love. For R. Girard, Christ’s passions take down the resorts of the victim’s mechanism, signaling the mimetic functioning of culture and the false sacredness instituted b...

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Main Author: Sorea, D.
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Transilvania University of Brasov Publishing House 2010-11-01
Series:Bulletin of the Transilvania University of Braşov: Series VII: Social Sciences, Law
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Online Access:http://but.unitbv.ro/BU2010/Series%20VII/BULETIN%20VII%20PDF/PHILOSOPHY%20AND%20HISTORY/257%20Sorea.pdf
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spelling doaj-0e8274ffe15747bea7f1c01ec93456742020-11-24T23:32:43ZengTransilvania University of Brasov Publishing HouseBulletin of the Transilvania University of Braşov: Series VII: Social Sciences, Law2066-77012066-771X2010-11-0131257262Maximus the confessor and René Girard: a hermeneutic approachSorea, D.For Maximus the Confessor, the Holy Scriptures is a guide for the ascetic ascension and the commandment to imitate the Lord means love. For R. Girard, Christ’s passions take down the resorts of the victim’s mechanism, signaling the mimetic functioning of culture and the false sacredness instituted by violence. In hermeneutic approach, the two discourses unveil their similitude, proving alternative paths from the text of the Scriptures to their significance.http://but.unitbv.ro/BU2010/Series%20VII/BULETIN%20VII%20PDF/PHILOSOPHY%20AND%20HISTORY/257%20Sorea.pdfHermeneuticsAsceticismSacredViolence
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Maximus the confessor and René Girard: a hermeneutic approach
Bulletin of the Transilvania University of Braşov: Series VII: Social Sciences, Law
Hermeneutics
Asceticism
Sacred
Violence
author_facet Sorea, D.
author_sort Sorea, D.
title Maximus the confessor and René Girard: a hermeneutic approach
title_short Maximus the confessor and René Girard: a hermeneutic approach
title_full Maximus the confessor and René Girard: a hermeneutic approach
title_fullStr Maximus the confessor and René Girard: a hermeneutic approach
title_full_unstemmed Maximus the confessor and René Girard: a hermeneutic approach
title_sort maximus the confessor and rené girard: a hermeneutic approach
publisher Transilvania University of Brasov Publishing House
series Bulletin of the Transilvania University of Braşov: Series VII: Social Sciences, Law
issn 2066-7701
2066-771X
publishDate 2010-11-01
description For Maximus the Confessor, the Holy Scriptures is a guide for the ascetic ascension and the commandment to imitate the Lord means love. For R. Girard, Christ’s passions take down the resorts of the victim’s mechanism, signaling the mimetic functioning of culture and the false sacredness instituted by violence. In hermeneutic approach, the two discourses unveil their similitude, proving alternative paths from the text of the Scriptures to their significance.
topic Hermeneutics
Asceticism
Sacred
Violence
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