As with the Introductory Articles, we will add other articles as time permits or as our readers request. If you have a suggestion for anything, please let us know.
Michael Hardin
The Long and Winding Road: Reimaging Biblical Authority For the 21st Century
Is the Apocalypse Inevitable?: Native American Prophecy and the Mimetic Theory presented to the Colloquium on Violence and Religion 2008
Michael’s Essay for a Celebration Volume honoring Rene Girard
Does Peace Make A Difference? – Michael’s essay in response to Rick Warren’s P.E.A.C.E. plan (which somehow never mentions peace).
An Analysis of Rick Warren – Michael’s response to "The Purpose Driven Life."
"The God of Pat Robertson" – a response to Pat Robertson’s words to the people of Dover, PA.
"A response to Charles Stanley’s "A Nation at War"
"Must God be violent? A Diagnosis and Prescription for Modern Christianity"
The Scapegoat: Christologies in Conflict – A Study in Dietrich Bonhoeffer
Biblical Testaments as a Marriage of Convenience: Rene Girard and Biblical Interpretation
Finding Our Way Home: A Brief Note On The Authority and Interpretation of Scripture
"Does The Passion of the Christ Preach the Gospel?"
GRASPING GOD: Philippians 2: 1-11 in the Light of Mimetic Theory
Rene Girard and the Recovery of Early Christian Perspectives (Brethren Life and Thought)
The Dynamics of Violence and the Imitation of Christ in Maximus Confessor (St. Vladimir’s Theological Quarterly)
“EcoSpirituality“
Or What Happens When You Sit Down With A French Literary Critic
Jeff Krantz
Mighty One or Crucified Messiah? Competing Christologies and the Chiastic Structure of Mark’s Gospel
Holy Scripture and the Consecration of Gene Robinson – a response to the request of the Windsor Report for a Scriptural rationale. (requires Adobe’s Acrobat Reader)
Worship – The Redemption of Desire by Jeff Krantz
Myth and Film – a piece written for the City of Angels Film Festival
The Stations of the Cross – Rewritten by Jeff Krantz
A Dramatic Presentation of the Stations of the Cross for Youth by Barb Fabijan-Waddell
Escaping the Power of "My" - A NonViolent Approach to Stewardship
Preaching Peace in Hollywood: The Theologies of Terminator, Lord of the Rings, and the Matrix
V for Vendetta – The Name Says It All A review of the movie.
Essays, Sermons and Liturgical Pieces by Friends of Preaching Peace
Resurrection As Atonement: Rediscovering the Nonviolence of Christian Orthodoxy using Girard’s Principle of Metaphysical by Britton W. Johnston
A Relational God of Peace by Jordan Blevins
Resisting the Empire: Fidelity to the Gospel of Life by Robert J. Arner
"Jesus and the Gibeonites: Reading the Bible from the Perspective of the Hidden Victim" by James Warren.
Mark Heim’s "No More of This" – A hymn on Nonviolent Atonement
Kate Layzer’s "No More of This" – A hymn on Nonviolent Atonement (and inspiration for Mark Heim’s hymn!)
Alan Cork, "Transformation" in L’Arche: A Mimetic Account presented to the Colloquium on Violence and Religion 2008
Girard’s Christology – Per Bjornar Grande
Violence, Anarchy and Scripture: Jacques Ellul and Rene Girard – Matthew Patillo
Comparing Plato’s Understanding of Mimesis to Girard’s – Per Bjorner Grande
Gerald Biesecker-Mast’s paper from Theologia Pacis on Pacifist Gospel Epstimology.
An essay by the Rev. John Hill on Mimetic Theory and Catechesis