Research
- Classical (biblical) Hebrew and biblical (Hellenistic) Greek literatures
- cosmos versus chaos – combat mythology and its biblical and New Testament reception
- the two ways motif in ancient Judaeo-Christian literatures
- biblical reflection stories – their treatment of violent and sacrificial principles
- Johannine literature
- exegetical applications of mimetic desire theory (scapegoat theory: the anthropology of violence and religion)
- the biblical consumption metaphor, and related literary devices
- relationship between biblical and evolutionary literatures and perspectives
- exegetical applications of social identity theory (social-scientific approaches)
- reception of biblical literature in popular culture
- the biblical androgyne – gender in the Bible, the New Testament, and early Christianity
- biblical translation – ‘foreignizing’ translation
- Revelation and apocalypse – texts, concepts and reception
“The Role of the Androgyne in the Biblical Subversion of the Mytho-Sacrificial World: Exploring the Early Messianic Lineage as a Series of New Adams.” Contagion: Journal of Violence, Mimesis and Culture 22 (2015): 203-20 (R).
“The Combat Myth and the Gospel’s Apocalypse in the Harry Potter Series: subversion of a supposed existential given.” Journal of Religion and Popular Culture 24, no.2 (2012): 183-200 (R).
“New Peace by New Means: an exegesis of the Gospel of John 14:27.” Agora: the CNERS SA Undergraduate Journal 1 (2010-11): 9-15 (R).
Blog Post:
“The Gospel According to René Girard.” Posted under “René Girard on Deep Easter” on UBCGCU: Faith & Culture, Graduate Students, Apologetics. Posted by gcarkner, March 30th, 2015. http://ubcgcu.org/2015/03/30/rene-girard-on-deep-easter/
Master of Arts thesis paper:
“Rediscovering the Meaning of John 6:53: the two ways, the Lord’s ambivalent table, and mimetic theory”. (2012). 137 pages. Access here
“A Closer Look at the Gospels’ Redemptive Return to Myth: Chiastic Subversion, Bruce J. Malina, and René Girard.” Presented at the Colloquium on Violence and Religion (COV&R) Conference in 2015: The One by Whom Scandal Has Come: Critically Engaging the Girardian Corpus (July 8th-12th, Saint Louis University).
“The Consumption Metaphor for Violence in Paul’s Letters: Galatians 5:15 and its Relatives.” Presented at the Colloquium on Violence and Religion (COV&R) Conference in 2013: A Land between Two Rivers: Space, Place, and Mimetic Theory (University of British Columbia).
“Rediscovering the Meaning of ‘Apocalypse’: the biblical differentiation between the revelation of the two ways, and the violent end of ‘the default’ way”. CNERS Graduate Student Conference: 2012: The End of the World (July 10th-14th, University of Northern Iowa).