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Violence & the Sacred Episode 10: Violence and Religion

Posted on December 31, 2021 by Randy Coleman-Riese

A 2004 presentation by René Girard to the Stanford University Catholic Community. https://cornerstone-forum.org/podcast/media/VS-10_ViolenceReligion-Stanford-2004.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 1:18:05 — 31.8MB) | EmbedSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | iHeartRadio | Stitcher | Email | RSS

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In memorium:

Posted on September 3, 2021 by Randy Coleman-Riese

As we approach the twentieth anniversary of the terrorist attacks of September 11th, 2001 news outlets, internet pundits, and all manner of social media will likely be filled with retrospectives from every conceivable angle telling us the significance of the … Continue reading →

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Awakening in the New Year

Posted on January 2, 2021 by Randy Coleman-Riese

Which is more difficult, to awaken one who sleeps or to awaken one who, awake, dreams that he is awake? Soren Kierkegaard Some weeks ago I reflected on our American Thanksgiving tradition of civic proclamations of corporate repentance for our sins and gratitude … Continue reading →

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From Faith to Politics to Gnosticism

Posted on June 22, 2020 by Gil Bailie

“When mystery no longer counts,” then-Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger said in a 1996 speech, “politics must be converted into religion.” When the Christian mysteries are lost — the loss measured most accurately by the decay into ritual triviality of the Eucharistic … Continue reading →

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Florilegium & Anthology

Posted on November 23, 2019 by Randy Coleman-Riese

Thank you to those who have responded to our Fall Appeal so far! We are grateful to all who find our work worthy of support. In our annual appeal I listed a number of Gil Bailie’s earlier presentations that remain … Continue reading →

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The Religious Backdrop of the Vote

Posted on November 9, 2018 by Randy Coleman-Riese

This past week people across the United States participated in the public ritual of voting. These days, though, it is becoming less of a public act at the polling place and more of a private affair with the advent of … Continue reading →

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Big Data & Human Sacrifice

Posted on March 2, 2018 by Randy Coleman-Riese

The following comes from an article posted on The Atlantic magazine website: In 1598, a European miner working in the Bolivian highlands stumbled across a 10-year-old Andean girl who was still alive, despite having been walled up inside a funerary … Continue reading →

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