Revelation, the Religions, and Violence [Paperback]

Leo D. Lefebure (Author)

Product Details

• Paperback: 244 pages
• Publisher: Orbis Books (July 15, 2000)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1570753008
• ISBN-13: 978-1570753008
• Product Dimensions: 9.2 x 6.1 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.1 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 2.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,001,549 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars a dissapointing attempt to extend Girard's work, December 12, 2001

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gabriel andrade (Maracaibo, ZULIA Venezuela) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Revelation, the Religions, and Violence (Paperback)

There is a great need among Girardian circles to come to terms with the problem of violence in non-Christian religion, specially after the attacks of Sept. 11th. Leo Lefebure attmpts to do this, but largely fails. The goal of this book is to analyze perspectives on violence in a multi-religious context. Lefebure claims he grabs on Girard's mimetic theory to do so. However, Girard's thought roughly covers 5 or 10% of the book. The book also has some basic problems in structure. Too much theoretic material a included, thus the ideas become disconnected from each other. The book jumps from Girard to Nicholas of Cusa to Buddhism without a smooth transition. Lefebure has an ambitiuos view; prior to this book, no one had attempted to extend Girard's thought to explore mimesis, sacrifice and revelation in a multi-religious context. But, because of its ambition, the book looses its central focus. Don't get me wrong, the book has some valuable information. I just had some very high expectations and felt dissapointed after reading it. A 'beached whale' would be good metaphor to describe it.

1 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars a dissapointing attempt to extend Girard's work, December 12, 2001

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gabriel andrade (Maracaibo, ZULIA Venezuela) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Revelation, the Religions, and Violence (Paperback)

There is a great need among Girardian circles to come to terms with the problem of violence in non-Christian religion, specially after the attacks of Sept. 11th. Leo Lefebure attmpts to do this, but largely fails. The goal of this book is to analyze perspectives on violence in a multi-religious context. Lefebure claims he grabs on Girard's mimetic theory to do so. However, Girard's thought roughly covers 5 or 10% of the book. The book also has some basic problems in structure. Too much theoretic material a included, thus the ideas become disconnected from each other. The book jumps from Girard to Nicholas of Cusa to Buddhism without a smooth transition. Lefebure has an ambitiuos view; prior to this book, no one had attempted to extend Girard's thought to explore mimesis, sacrifice and revelation in a multi-religious context. But, because of its ambition, the book looses its central focus. Don't get me wrong, the book has some valuable information. I just had some very high expectations and felt dissapointed after reading it. A 'beached whale' would be good metaphor to describe it.

4 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Revelation, the Religions, and Violence, January 11, 2002

By A Customer

This review is from: Revelation, the Religions, and Violence (Paperback)

I was very disappointed with the book. After the initial excitement of the promise to "extend" Girard's understanding of mimetic violence to a multireligious context, I soon realized the limitations of the author's understanding (or rather misunderstanding) of Girard's most important thesis-the uniqueness of the Gospels and the Triumph of the Cross. Girard's understanding is therefore gutted by the author's approach.