Rene Girard
What is behind the turkey pardoning ritual?
By Jerome Socolovsky — November 24, 2016
Drawing on the long traditions of forgiveness in the world’s religions, this very public act of pardoning reminds us about the important role rituals themselves play in society.
Are humans wired for violence? Evolutionary biology begs to differ (COMMENTARY)
By Marcia Pally — November 27, 2015
(RNS) The idea that our gravest aggression is not biological but cultural suggests that we don’t need to alter our cooperative nature but to address perversions of it.
Does religion give rise to violence — or the other way around? (COMMENTARY)
By James Bernard Murphy — November 15, 2015
(RNS) Mass killings by a group that calls itself the Islamic State have triggered a heated debate about militant Islam and our response. Rene Girard’s theories deserve wider appreciation.
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