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Literature and Theology 2002 16(2):201-219; doi:10.1093/litthe/16.2.201
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Religion and (Mimetic) Violence in Canadian Native Literature

Ken Derry1

1 Centre for the Study of Religion, University of Toronto, 123 St George Street, Toronto Ontario, Canada M5S 2E8 ken.derry{at}utoronto.ca

A common feature of Canadian Native writing is mimetic violence, both between particular characters and in relation to colonialism. This violence is further linked to Christianity, as Native writers rarely side with the majority of academics who see brutality and oppression as a complete aberration of religion. The following article considers such links as they occur in three critical Canadian Native texts, and how these texts consequently add a distinctive element to current scholarship concerned with religion and violence.


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