Vern Neufeld Redekop has graciously agreed to share his work with us. It could not be more timely!
Vern Neufeld Redekop, PhD, is Professor Emeritus of Conflict Studies at Saint Paul University, Ottawa, Canada. He is a prior presenter for the Theology & Peace Conference and a long time member of the Colloquium on Violence & Religion. He has written extensively on René Girard and the implications of Mimetic Theory for peace studies, for police reform, for conflict reconciliation and community building. He and his wife, Gloria, have recently published a book, which you may purchase. See the flyer below.
A pdf of Vern's book From Violence to Blessing
Chapters 3 and 4 are on Girard.
Chapter 8 develops mimetic structures of violence and entrenchment.
Chapter 12 includes an account from Rebecca on how she discovers Loving Mimesis and develops mimetic structures of blessing and transcendence.
The correct graphic for the chapter on Ethnonationalism.
An occasional paper from 1993, “Scapegoats, the Bible, and Criminal Justice: Interacting with René Girard” is included. It is there that Vern develops Girard’s concepts of violence of indifferentiation and violence of differentiation and introduces blessings of differentiation and blessings of indifferentiation.
A link to the article on Rebecca Adams by Matthew Taylor in which he challenges Loving Mimesis Girardian scholars to come up with more examples:
YouTube Lectures of Vern Neufeld Redekop:
From Violence to Blessing: http://youtu.be/FEnc3a8QwvM
Integrative Peacebuilding: https://youtu.be/PxyQy0Hj0LU
Emergent creativity: https://youtu.be/S-i5G7qjQCE
So you want to write a thesis. . .: http://youtu.be/MVwOiC0C_yY
Social Reconciliation: http://youtu.be/fB823B64Bg4
Forgiveness and Peacebuilding: https://youtu.be/S-wHTYK6Cyg
Ethical Vision for Economic Development: https://youtu.be/Xm4hWUt6bUk
Mindfulness for Peace and Reconciliation: https://youtu.be/mJx4M7siYWc
Lateral Violence: https://youtu.be/yCKjgm6nV94
Human Identity Needs:https://youtu.be/5leg9z1w8ME
