{"product_id":"persuasions-of-god-paul-lynch-9780271097091","title":"Persuasions of God: Inventing the Rhetoric of René Girard","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe nations of the global north find themselves in a post-secular or post-Christian period, one in which the practice, expression, and effects of religion are undergoing massive shifts. In \u003ci\u003ePersuasions of God\u003c\/i\u003e, Paul Lynch pursues a project of \"theorhetoric,\" a radical new approach to speaking about the divine. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSearching for new religious forms amid the lingering influence of Christianity, Lynch turns to René Girard, the most important twentieth-century thinker on the sacred and its expression within the Christian tradition. Lynch repurposes Girard's mimetic theory to invent a post-Christian way of speaking to, for, and especially about God. Girard theorized the sacred as the nexus of violence, order, and sacralization that lies at the heart of religion. What Lynch advocates in our current moment of religious \u003ci\u003ekairos\u003c\/i\u003e is a paradoxically meek rhetoric that conscientiously refuses rivalry, actively exploits tradition through complicit invention, and boldly seeks a holiness free of exclusionary violence. The project of theorhetoric is to reinvent God through the reimagined themes of meekness, sacrifice, atonement, and holiness. From these, \u003ci\u003ePersuasions of God \u003c\/i\u003eoffers religion reimagined for our post-secular age.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAn interdisciplinary mix of philosophy, sociology, rhetorical studies, and theology, this book draws on mimetic theory to answer the question of where religion goes next. It will be valued by religious studies and communications scholars as well as anyone interested in the future of Christianity in our modern world.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Paul Lynch\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0271097094\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780271097091\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Penn State University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/20\/2024\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 220\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.09lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.63d","brand":"Paul Lynch","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44809732063487,"sku":"9780271097091","price":99.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_b358412d-9369-48fd-886e-6cc418d54bb4.jpg?v=1707927324","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/persuasions-of-god-paul-lynch-9780271097091","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}