Hodge, Joel.

Resisting violence and victimisation : Christian faith and solidarity in East Timor / Christian faith and solidarity in East Timor Joel Hodge. - England : Ashgate, 2012 - x, 232 pages ; 24 cm.

Originally published: Burlington, VT : Ashgate, 2012. First issued in paperback 2017.

Setting the context -- In dialogue: faith and the victim -- René Girard's mimetic theory: desire, victimage, and Christ -- East Timor: history, religion and culture -- Violence and faith -- Ground to stand: the relation between faith and mimesis -- Crisis and choice: the relation of faith to the victim -- Sacred violence and Christian resistance -- State and the violent sacred -- Christian resistance in suffering and victimhood -- Solidarity with the victim -- Martyrs of East Timor: solidarity with the victim -- Healing pasch: grief, reconciliation and eucharistic solidarity -- Eucharistic faith and solidarity: perspectives on the church and East Timor.

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Suffering--Religious aspects--Christianity.
Suffering
Victims of crimes--Religious life.
Violence--Religious aspects--Christianity.
Violence