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What we know of the earliest human communities from their art, myths, and sacrificial rites has been viewed backwards through a cloud of mystification. René Girard provides a lens through which the puzzling stories of dying and rising gods are revealed retrospectively by the light cast from Golgotha as a watermark of Christ’s sacrifice.

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    Latest episodes from Violence & The Sacred – The Cornerstone Forum

    Violence & the Sacred Episode 10: Violence and Religion

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 1, 2022 78:05


    A 2004 presentation by René Girard to the Stanford University Catholic Community.

    An Interview with René Girard - 1997

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 2, 2021 57:13


    This is an interview Gil Bailie made with René Girard recorded in Los Angeles in 1997.

    Violence & the Sacred Episode 8: Revenge

    Play Episode Listen Later May 5, 2021 57:41


    This is an address given by René Girard at the Center for International Security and Arms Control at Stanford University in 1993.

    Violence & the Sacred Episode 7: Satan & the Gospels

    Play Episode Listen Later May 5, 2021 45:51


    This is an address given by René Girard at the American Academy of Religion conference held in San Francisco in 1992.

    Violence & the Sacred Episode 6: Atonement

    Play Episode Listen Later May 5, 2021 62:39


    An address given by René Girard at the American Academy of Religion conference held in San Francisco in 1997. Professor Girard is introduced by James Williams.

    Violence & the Sacred Episode 5: An Informal Talk by Rene Girard in Sonoma 1994

    Play Episode Listen Later May 5, 2021 87:25


    This is a recording made in 1994 of Rene Girard giving a presentation to a group of lay people from Sonoma who had been participating in weekly talks by Gil Bailie. Professor Girard had been invited by Gil Bailie to … Continue reading →

    Violence & the Sacred Episode 4: Christianity and Mimetic Theory – Christian Anti-Semitism

    Play Episode Listen Later May 5, 2021 57:01


    This is a presentation of René Girard given at the 1993 meeting of the Colloquium of Violence and Religion held at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill.

    Violence & the Sacred Episode 3: Ethnocentrism

    Play Episode Listen Later May 3, 2021 40:53


    This is a recording of a presentation by René Girard given at the 1992 meeting of the Colloquium on Violence and Religion held at Stanford University.

    Violence & the Sacred Episode 2: Introduction to Mimetic Theory

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 2, 2020 76:21


    This is a recording of a presentation by René Girard at the 2002 meeting of the Colloquium on Violence and Religion held at Purdue University.

    Violence & the Sacred Episode 1: Friday Afternoon Stanford Seminar with René Girard – 2006

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 1, 2020 55:02


    This recording was made in 2006 during one of the informal Friday afternoon seminars which professor René Girard and those interested in his work had been convening since the late 1980's. The seminars were generally held every two weeks when … Continue reading →

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