The philosophy and theology of Renรฉ Girard

Police and anti-immigration protestors clash at Cronulla, Sydney, in December 2005 The French philosopher Renรฉ Girard (1923โ€“2015)ย is perhaps best known for his work on the relationship between desire, violence, and religion in modern thought. Trained as a literary critic yet ranging widely across anthropology and theology, he developed a unified vision of human behaviour that …