The July 2006 issue of "Solidarity & Sustainability" has been posted:

Solidarity & Sustainability ~ Volume 2, Number 7, July 2006

This is the fourth issue in the series, "Mimetic Violence in Patriarchal Religions." René Girard's mimetic theory is applied to a relatively recent episode in the Roman Catholic Church.

Specifically, this case example pertains to the male-only priesthood, and the manner in which the discernment process on the ordination of women was "terminated" (at least temporarily) by the Vatican. The analysis includes the five Girardian phases: mimetic desire, mimetic rivalry, skandalon, scapegoating, and sacred violence.

The working hypothesis of this research is that the continued exclusion of women from roles of religious authority reinforces the "warrior God" image and inhibits progress toward human solidarity and ecological sustainability.

Please notice the "call for papers." Any feedback is gratefully received.

Sincerely,
Luis

Luis T. Gutierrez, Ph.D., P.E.
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