{"product_id":"persuasions-of-god-inventing-the-rhetoric-of-rene-girard-paperback","title":"Persuasions of God: Inventing the Rhetoric of René Girard - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003ePaul Lynch\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\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\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003cstrong\u003ePaul Lynch\u003c\/strong\u003e is Associate Professor of English at Saint Louis University. He is the author of \u003ci\u003eAfter Pedagogy: The Experience of Teaching\u003c\/i\u003e and a coeditor of \u003ci\u003eRhetoric and Religion in the Twenty-First Century: Pluralism in a Postsecular Age\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThinking with Bruno Latour in Rhetoric and Composition\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 220\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.51 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 07, 2025\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52696965775667,"sku":"9780271097107","price":75.38,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0300\/5595\/6612\/files\/c2aV0m4GTf9780271097107.webp?v=1763124922","url":"https:\/\/www.vysn.com\/en-ca\/products\/persuasions-of-god-inventing-the-rhetoric-of-rene-girard-paperback","provider":"VYSN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}