booklogging

I got this book having been browsing shelves and thinking about the mimetic nature of human cultural and social life in relation to original sin; this book seemed to be exploring what I'd been thinking and indeed so it turned out to be: I didn't have to re-invent the wheel. More usefully yet, it also did so by a thorough examination of Rene Girard's mimetology which is also womething I'm wanting to wrap my mind around a bit more.

I finished the book feeling that my thinking about original sin and mimesis was affirmed but not totally convinced by all aspects of Girard's thesis particularly interms of Alison's attempted integration with an original sin and analysis of the Wrath of God. I think that Alison's handling of texts etc here is unconvincing but I'm willing to look into it more, I suspect that there is more work to be done here in terms of synthesizing with orthodox Christian theology.

Perhaps I'm reflecting that fact that I'm convinced about the mimetic side of things but not so sure about the scapegoating mechanism, much though I would like to be.