Aug 10 2016 56 mins
This episode consists of a recording of a talk I gave last year December on the marvellous work of one of my intellectual and spiritual heroes, René Girard, who passed away in November 2015. My idea here was and is to entice people to engage with Girard's work and legacy for themselves, considering that Girard has been pivotal to encouraging me to stay connected to the Christian faith and the better parts of its traditions. I make a point, in the talk and in the question time, to note that this is really just an introduction to Girard's work. This means that some of the things I say are perhaps a little overly provocative—hopefully, these things will provoke your own thoughts. In future podcasts, I'm hoping to be able to get to some of the details. Maybe some of the questions I've raised here can be dealt with then.