Resisting violence and victimisation
Subtitle: Christian faith and solidarity in East Timor
By: Joel Hodge
Publisher: Ashgate
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Burlington, VT
Language: eng
Number of pages: 232
ISBN-13: 9781409445876; 9781409445883
Subjects: Suffering; Violence; Religious life; Victims of crimes; Christianity
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Setting the context; title: In dialogue: faith and the victim; title: René Girard's mimetic theory: desire, victimage, and Christ; title: East Timor: history, religion and culture; title: Violence and faith; title: Ground to stand: the relation between faith and mimesis; title: Crisis and choice: the relation of faith to the victim; title: Sacred violence and Christian resistance; title: State and the violent sacred; title: Christian resistance in suffering and victimhood; title: Solidarity with the victim; title: Martyrs of East Timor: solidarity with the victim; title: Healing pasch: grief, reconciliation and eucharistic solidarity; title: Eucharistic faith and solidarity: perspectives on the church and East Timor.