Tag Archives: Colloquium on Violence & Religion

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

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A Coda on COV&R in Innsbruck (present and past…)

Posted on July 17, 2019 by Randy Coleman-Riese

Bleary eyed after 24 hours of travel from Austria to San Francisco the accumulated work of two weeks away from the Cornerstone Forum office awaits me. Before I dig into the pile of paper, emails, and related chores I would … Continue reading →

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A California Yankee in Innsbruck

Posted on July 12, 2019 by Randy Coleman-Riese

The Colloquium on Violence and Religion’s 2019 conference is winding up what seems to have recently become its annual attempt to distance itself from René Girard’s Christian and Catholic sensibilities. That this is done in the name of Girard’s understanding … Continue reading →

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Revisiting the Colloquium on Violence & Religion Conference…

Posted on July 6, 2017 by Randy Coleman-Riese

  Because of a scheduling conflict with another conference the topic of which is highly relevent to Gil’s  current writing project he is unable to attend this year’s annual meeting of the Colloquium on Violence and Religion in Madrid being … Continue reading →

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