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Resurrection from the Underground: Feodor Dostoevsky

James G. Williams; Rene Girard

In English for the first time -- a provocative exploration of despair, hope and love as seen through the lens of the great Russian novelist and focused on our times. It includes a new postface by Girard, and has great relevance for Christian theology and current academic trends.

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The Girard Reader

James G. Williams; Rene Girard

Rene Girard, author of groundbreaking books such as Violence and the Sacred and Things Hidden Since the Foundation of the World, has long been an intellectual cause celebre in Europe. Although he has studied and taught in the United States since the 1940s, he is now - in his 70's - finding his lifework praised and taught in academic and religious circles throughout the country. The Girard Reader brings that work to a larger audience. It includes major excerpts from Girard's books and articles which cover all aspects of his theories on violence, religion, and culture. These views cut across theology, biblical studies, anthropology, psychology, and literature. The book concludes with a conversation with Rene Girard and editor James G. Williams that brings new focus to his Christian vision and breathtaking oeuvre.

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Other editions: Softcover - 1996

Bible, Violence, and the Sacred: Liberation from the Myth of Sanctioned Violence

James G. Williams

Girard's theories on violence, civilization, and religion have intrigued and confounded scholars in the humanities for almost two decades. In this book, Williams has provided the first comprehensive application of Girard's thought to the whole Bible. What emerges from all of this is a proposal for a biblical theology of the nonviolent God.

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Other editions: Hardcover - 1992

Encyclopedia of Microcomputers: Evolution of Computerized Maintenance Management to Generation of Random Numbers

James G. Williams; Allen Kent

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Instantiation Theory: On the Foundations of Automated Deduction

James G. Williams

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Other editions: 1991

Gospel Against Parable: Mark's Language of Mystery

James G. Williams

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Other editions: Hardcover - 1985

Women Recounted: Narrative Thinking and the God of Israel

James G. Williams

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Those Who Ponder Proverbs: Aphoristic Thinking and Biblical Literature

James G. Williams

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Other editions: Hardcover - 1981

Community Psychology and Coordination

James G. Williams; Patrick R. Penland

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