Category Archives: Violence & The Sacred

Podcast episodes focusing on the work of René Girard & mimetic theory

Violence & The Sacred – Episode 2: Introduction to Mimetic Theory

Posted on April 1, 2020 by The Cornerstone Forum

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. https://storage.cornerstone-forum.org/VS-02_IntroMT.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 1:16:21 — 30.6MB) | EmbedSubscribe: Apple Podcasts … Continue reading →

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

Posted on April 1, 2020 by The Cornerstone Forum

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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