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This mix of spiritualism and violence is reflected in Hindu mythology. It is filled with images of tragic heroes, cosmic wars, and apocalyptic destruction like most mythologies. It also contains stories about courtly love and self-sacrifice. There are sophisticated philosophical edifices that can rival or even surpass augustine and the aquinas. And unlike scandinavian or greek mythology, hindu mythology also links to a living religious tradition that helps to define the religious identity for hundreds of millions upon millions of hindus. Scholars of hinduism know that it is much more common to protest writing about siva or ganesa than writing about loki and aphrodite. As we will see, hindu mythology scholars have been involved in or enmeshed in india’s religious disputes. There have been many books written about violence in religion, religions of india and violence within the religions. Rene Girard, who spent forty years researching and writing about violence and religion, had almost nothing to share until her lectures at the bibliotheque national de france on sanskrit brahmanas in october 2002. The book is a study of these lectures, which were published in english in 2011, as sacrifice. It also examines the rest of Girard’s work, current hindu scholarship, and primary texts. It also examines the work of girard’s predecessors. Rivals, rivals and critics.

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