{"product_id":"turning-toward-the-victim","title":"Turning Toward the Victim","description":"\u003cp\u003eTurning Toward the Victim: The Bible, Sacred Violence, and the End of Scapegoating in Quaker Perspective\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePart primer on René Girard's groundbreaking mimetic theory, part Bible study (through the lens of mimetic theory), and part dialogue with early and contemporary Quakers, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eTurning Toward the Victim\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e demonstrates how these three perspectives can mutually inform one another in unexpected ways. Contemporary liberal Friends (Quakers) have largely drifted away from the Bible, due in part to its seeming sanction of divine violence. Girard, by contrast, sees the themes of sacred violence and its overcoming as central to the biblical witness, and so can provide the means by which Quakers and others might reengage with the Scriptures. Girard's claim that the biblical God has \"nothing to do with violence\" will resonate with Friends traditional commitment to nonviolence and peacemaking. Girard’s insights into \"the scapegoat mechanism\" can also help us to understand the witness of early Friends, who functioned as \"the scapegoat caste\" in seventeenth century England. Using the traditional Quaker framework of “conviction, convincement, and conversion,” Thomas Gates explores the relevance of these concepts for Friends and other Christians today.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAuthor: Tom Gates\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePublisher:  Wipf \u0026amp; Stock\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eISBN: 9798385246052\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePaperback, 326 pages\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"QuakerBooks of FGC","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56761763266726,"sku":"9798385246052","price":25.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0796\/4175\/files\/turningtowardthevicitimcover.jpg?v=1784735355","url":"https:\/\/quakerbooks.org\/products\/turning-toward-the-victim","provider":"QuakerBooks of FGC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}