11 episodes

What we know of the earliest human communities from their art, myths, and sacrificial rites have 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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What we know of the earliest human communities from their art, myths, and sacrificial rites have 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.

    René Girard in Sonoma 1991

    René Girard in Sonoma 1991

    René Girard giving an informal talk with Q&A at Gil Bailie's Florilegia Institute, Sonoma, CA in  1991

    • 58 min
    Religion and Violence

    Religion and Violence

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

    • 1 hr 18 min
    Ethnocentrism

    Ethnocentrism

    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.

    • 40 min
    Revenge

    Revenge

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

    • 57 min
    Satan and the Gospels

    Satan and the Gospels

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

    • 45 min
    Atonement

    Atonement

    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.

    • 1 hr 2 min

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