Tag Archives: René Girard

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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Reflections on the Girard Christmas Card

Posted on December 22, 2020 by Randy Coleman-Riese

In past years in celebration of Christmas we have posted a short excerpt from the Hoover Institutions Uncommon Knowledge series of an interview by Peter Robinson with René Girard recorded in 2009. Viewing it again, I find the combination of … Continue reading →

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+ Jean-Marie Cardinal Lustiger 1926 – 2007

Posted on August 14, 2020 by Randy Coleman-Riese

Thirteen years ago this month Jean-Marie Cardinal Lustiger died. Gil Bailie wrote a short homage (copied below) on our old weblog to mark his passing. In 2014 a French television channel produced a docudrama about his life – the English … Continue reading →

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Human Nature

Posted on August 5, 2020 by Gil Bailie

“Contrary to what our nihilists and relativists tell us, there is a human nature, and its resiliency is such that it often manages to adjust to the weirdest cultural insanities.” – René Girard

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Listening to voices…from proximity to podcasts

Posted on July 1, 2020 by Randy Coleman-Riese

For most of human history the only way one person could hear another person’s voice was to be within what was called ‘earshot’ of them. You had to be in close enough proximity to them to hear them. One can … Continue reading →

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Mimetic Tangles

Posted on June 15, 2020 by Gil Bailie

“If we project our own mimetic tangles upon society as a whole, the more entangled we are, the more rigid and tyrannical the social order will appear to us, even if, in reality, it is collapsing. To revolutionists of the … Continue reading →

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Episode 3: Nothing Remains Intact Without Effort

Posted on April 20, 2020 by Gil Bailie

It is not safe to entrust a doctrinal treasure to the passivity of memory. Intelligence must play a part in its conservation, rediscovering it, so to speak, in the process. Fr. Henri de Lubac, S.J. Recorded in August 2009 at … Continue reading →

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Episode 2: 2000 years and no new god

Posted on April 6, 2020 by Gil Bailie

A presentation by Gil Bailie recorded in 2003 at the College of the Holy Cross – “The Anatomy of Evil” conference . https://storage.cornerstone-forum.org/KFBG_02_2KYrsNNG_podcast.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 56:32 — 22.9MB) | EmbedSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | Stitcher | … Continue reading →

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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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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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