Joel David Hodge


Contact categoryResearcher
Job titleNational Head of School, Theology
Research instituteSchool of Theology
Faculty of Theology and Philosophy

Research outputs

René Girard and his critics : The theological compatibility and framework of his early mimetic theory
Hodge, Joel. (2021). René Girard and his critics : The theological compatibility and framework of his early mimetic theory. Theological Studies. 82(2), pp. 259-284. https://doi.org/10.1177/00405639211012024

Journal article

Violence in the name of God - The militant jihadist response to modernity
Hodge, Joel. (2020). Violence in the name of God - The militant jihadist response to modernity Bloomsbury Academic.

Book

Why is God part of human violence? The idolatrous nature of modern religious extremism
Hodge, Joel. (2018). Why is God part of human violence? The idolatrous nature of modern religious extremism. In In S. Cowdell, C. Fleming and J. Hodge, and C.Osborn (Ed.). Does Religion Cause Violence? Multidisciplinary Perspectives on Violence and Religion in the Modern World pp. 39 - 55 Bloomsbury Academic.

Book chapter

Recovering the liturgical background to Christian atonement: The approach of James Alison and Joseph Ratzinger
Hodge, Joel David. (2016). Recovering the liturgical background to Christian atonement: The approach of James Alison and Joseph Ratzinger. Irish Theological Quarterly. 81(3), pp. 284 - 305. https://doi.org/10.1177/0021140016643776

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Terrorism's answer to modernity's cultural crisis: Re-sacralising violence in the name of jihadist totalitarianism
Hodge, Joel David. (2016). Terrorism's answer to modernity's cultural crisis: Re-sacralising violence in the name of jihadist totalitarianism. Modern Theology. 32(2), pp. 231 - 258. https://doi.org/10.1111/moth.12240

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Superheroes, scapegoats and saviors: The problem of evil and the need for redemption
Hodge, Joel. (2015). Superheroes, scapegoats and saviors: The problem of evil and the need for redemption. In In S. Cowdell, C. Fleming and J. Hodge (Ed.). Mimesis, movies and media: Violence, desire and the sacred pp. 61 - 76 Bloomsbury Academic.

Book chapter

Conversion in Dexter
Tan, Matthew and Hodge, Joel. (2015). Conversion in Dexter. In In S. Cowdell and C. Fleming (Ed.). Mimesis, movies and media: Violence, desire and the sacred pp. 201 - 209 Bloomsbury Academic.

Book chapter

From desire to conversion : Pascal's Wager and Girard's Mimetic Theory
Hodge, Joel. (2022). From desire to conversion : Pascal's Wager and Girard's Mimetic Theory. The Heythrop Journal. 63(4), pp. 691-702. https://doi.org/10.1111/heyj.12142

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Pascal's Wager Today : Belief and the Gift of Existence
Hodge, Joel. (2014). Pascal's Wager Today : Belief and the Gift of Existence. New Blackfriars. 95(1060), pp. 698 - 710. https://doi.org/10.1111/nbfr.12058

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The Transcendence of State-Sanctioned Violence and Christian Solidarity : East Timor and the End of the Indonesian Occupation
Hodge, Joel. (2014). The Transcendence of State-Sanctioned Violence and Christian Solidarity : East Timor and the End of the Indonesian Occupation. Political Theology. 15(4), pp. 307 - 325. https://doi.org/10.1179/1462317X14Z.00000000081

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Sacrifice in the Democratic Age: Rivalry and Crisis in Recent Australian Politics
Hodge, Joel. (2014). Sacrifice in the Democratic Age: Rivalry and Crisis in Recent Australian Politics. In In S. Cowdell, C. Fleming and J. Hodge (Ed.). Rene Girard and Sacrifice in Life, Love and Literature Bloomsbury Academic.

Book chapter

Pascal's Wager Today: Belief and the Gift of Existence
Hodge, Joel. (2014). Pascal's Wager Today: Belief and the Gift of Existence. New Blackfriars. 95(1060), pp. 698 - 710. https://doi.org/10.1111/nbfr.12058

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Reconciliation as Resistance: Martydom in East Timor
Hodge, Joel. (2014). Reconciliation as Resistance: Martydom in East Timor. In In V. N. Redekop and T. Ryba (Ed.). Rene Girard and Creative Reconciliation Lexington Books.

Book chapter

How free are we? Individualism, freedom and the state
Hodge, Joel. (2013). How free are we? Individualism, freedom and the state. In In DG Kirchhoffer, R Horner and P McCardle (Ed.). Being human: groundwork for a theological anthropology for the 21st century pp. 315 - 331 Mosaic Press.

Book chapter

How Free are we? Individualism, Freedom and the State
Hodge, Joel. (2013). How Free are we? Individualism, Freedom and the State. In In D. Kirchhoffer, R. Horner and P. McArdle (Ed.). Being Human: Groundwork for a Theological Anthropology For the 21st Century pp. 315 - 331 Mosaic Press.

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God, faith and transcendence: Perspectives from the West and Asia
Hodge, Joel. (2013). God, faith and transcendence: Perspectives from the West and Asia. In In A. Kolencherry (Ed.). Celebrating faith: Festschrift in honour of Rev. Dr. Augustine Kolencherry SAC pp. 16 - 30 Asian Training Corporation.

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The Catholic Church in Timor-Leste and the Indonesian occupation: A spirituality of suffering and resistance
Hodge, Joel. (2013). The Catholic Church in Timor-Leste and the Indonesian occupation: A spirituality of suffering and resistance. South East Asia Research. 21(1), pp. 151 - 170. https://doi.org/10.5367/sear.2013.0134

Journal article

Church, state and secularism in Asia: The public nature of the church in Timor-Leste
Hodge, Joel. (2012). Church, state and secularism in Asia: The public nature of the church in Timor-Leste. International Journal of Practical Theology. 16(2), pp. 323 - 348.

Journal article

Vatican II: Reception and implementation in the Australian church
Ormerod, Neil, Rush, Ormond, Pascoe, David James, Johnson, Clare and Hodge, Joel. (2012). Vatican II: Reception and implementation in the Australian church Garrett Publishing.

Book

Resisting violence and victimisation: Christian faith and solidarity in East Timor
Hodge, Joel. (2012). Resisting violence and victimisation: Christian faith and solidarity in East Timor Ashgate Publishing Limited.

Book

The post-Vatican II experience of youth
Hodge, Joel. (2012). The post-Vatican II experience of youth. In In N Ormerod, O Rush and D Pascoe (Ed.). Vatican II: Reception and implementation in the Australian Church pp. 76 - 96 Garratt Publishing.

Book chapter

Making Sense of Life Through Faith
Hodge, Joel. (2012). Making Sense of Life Through Faith. Champagnat: An International Marist Journal of Charism in Education. 14(1), pp. 79 - 85.

Journal article

Torture and faith : The violent sacred and Christian resistance in East Timor
Hodge, Joel. (2012). Torture and faith : The violent sacred and Christian resistance in East Timor. In In S Cowdell, C Fleming and J Hodge (Ed.). Violence, desire, and the sacred: Girard's mimetic theory across the disciplines pp. 86 - 104 Continuum International Publishing Group Ltd.

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Mary - Servant of the Lord: Model of What We Can Be At Our Best
Hodge, Joel. (2011). Mary - Servant of the Lord: Model of What We Can Be At Our Best. Champagnat: An International Marist Journal of Charism in Education. 13(3), pp. 44 - 49.

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Violence, resistance, and reconciliation: A mimetic analysis of East Timorese storytelling
Hodge, Joel. (2011). Violence, resistance, and reconciliation: A mimetic analysis of East Timorese storytelling. Contagion: Journal of violence, mimesis and culture. 18, pp. 71 - 92.

Journal article

Why do humans commit violence? : Violence, war and rioting in the modern world and Rene Girard's Mimetic Theory
Hodge, Joel. (2011). Why do humans commit violence? : Violence, war and rioting in the modern world and Rene Girard's Mimetic Theory. Compass: a review of topical theology. 45(3), pp. 3 - 12.

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Conversion, the self, and the victim: East Timor and Girard's Mimetic theory in dialogue
Hodge, Joel. (2011). Conversion, the self, and the victim: East Timor and Girard's Mimetic theory in dialogue. Australian Ejournal of Theology. 18(2), pp. 141 - 156.

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Bringing Good out of Grief and Loss
Hodge, Joel. (2011). Bringing Good out of Grief and Loss. Champagnat: An International Marist Journal of Charism in Education. 13(1), pp. 30 - 35.

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Witnesses of hope in a dying culture
Hodge, Joel. (2010). Witnesses of hope in a dying culture. Champagnat: An International Marist Journal of Education and Charism. 12(4), pp. 53 - 56.

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Overcoming violence and death in East Timor: The foundations for a new nation
Hodge, Joel. (2010). Overcoming violence and death in East Timor: The foundations for a new nation. Australian Ejournal of Theology. 16, pp. 1 - 28.

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The transubstantiated word
Hodge, Joel. (2009). The transubstantiated word Australia: Australian Catholic University.

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