Sacred Violence, Sacred Bodies: A Girardian Analysis of Violence Among Women of Color

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dc.contributor.authorThomas, Richard
dc.date.accessioned2020-11-02T20:13:27Z
dc.date.available2020-11-02T20:13:27Z
dc.date.issued2016-06
dc.description.abstractRene Girard in his seminal work Violence and the Sacred, provides one of the most comprehensive discussions of the nature of violence in contemporary literature.[1]He also offers a solution to the destructive nature of violence, inherent to human nature, through his understanding of Christology. However, he does not explicitly discuss this theme in relation to women of color. Thus a theological perspective situated amongst the varied experiences of women of color can aid in a descriptive move towards creating a more inclusive anthropology of violence, while simultaneously making a proscriptive move to enhance Girard's notion of Christology. This paper explains Girard's notions of sacrifice and scapegoat mechanisms as the cause of violence, and then explains how marginalized women of color as victims of domestic violence fit these concepts. He describes a Christology where Christ breaks the system of violence and scapegoating. The final move of this paper is to use theologies from the lens of women of color to expand Girard's Christology so that it is more inclusive.
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dc.identifier.citationThomas, R. (2016). Sacred violence, sacred bodies: A Girardian analysis of violence among women of color. <i>Journal of Research on Women and Gender, 7</i>(1), pp. 75-84.
dc.identifier.issn2375-0944
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10877/12893
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherTexas State University, Center for Diversity and Gender Studies
dc.sourceJournal of Research on Women and Gender, 2016, Vol. 7, No. 1, pp. 75-84.
dc.subjectChristology
dc.subjectGirard
dc.subjectwomen of color
dc.subjectviolence
dc.subjectsacrifice
dc.subjectscapegoat
dc.subjectreligion
dc.titleSacred Violence, Sacred Bodies: A Girardian Analysis of Violence Among Women of Color
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