#21 There was nothing violent about Jesus's acceptance of the cross - a truth that became seriously obscured with Contantine in 312 - indeed almost suppressed but for the Gospel record. Hence the sca
Thanks, Sean and Joe, for that additional information. I have to say I find it absolutely extraordinary that a great scholar of the calibre of Girard, who obviously would have studied this matter at g
I might have been the first one to challenge Girard's statements in a conversation with him when the book was hot from the press in 1978!
By the way the ransom theory does not mean that a debt was pa
#16 Re that statement of Girard in 'Things Hidden' (1978) - denying that the passion story should be seen as narrating a 'sacrifice' - with my own ears I heard René Girard in 2004 in Heythrop Colleg
On the Blood of Christ, I am looking just now at the publications I mentioned earlier by the Centro Studi Sanguis Christi, Rome 1981-1991. (I, II, and VII are in Sophia University library)). The volum
Paddy, I remember that book, which is full of such sweeping and inaccurate statements from Girard. It's a set of improvised interviews he gave to two admiring disciples vying in mimetic rivalry for hi
Joe and Sean, what a wonderful conversation we have had from you all this week on the nature of the sacrificial death, or otherwise, of Jesus, which I may have been responsible for setting off last Su
#13 Who is arguing that to abandon satisfactionalism is to undermine the ethic of sacrifice? Time and again I have argued here that an understanding of the crucifixion as a revelation of the scapegoa
This article is a courageous exception to the rule that seems to govern clerical behaviour in the Irish Church re sexuality: 'Don't ever go there!'
The unfortunate result is that it is left - almost
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February 10 2019#21 There was nothing violent about Jesus's acceptance of the cross - a truth that became seriously obscured with Contantine in 312 - indeed almost suppressed but for the Gospel record. Hence the sca
10 February. 5th Sunday (C)
February 10 2019Thanks, Sean and Joe, for that additional information. I have to say I find it absolutely extraordinary that a great scholar of the calibre of Girard, who obviously would have studied this matter at g
A prayer on the occasion of the Vatican Summit on abuse in the church
February 16 2019Excellent prayer. Thank you very much
10 February. 5th Sunday (C)
February 10 2019I might have been the first one to challenge Girard's statements in a conversation with him when the book was hot from the press in 1978! By the way the ransom theory does not mean that a debt was pa
10 February. 5th Sunday (C)
February 10 2019#16 Re that statement of Girard in 'Things Hidden' (1978) - denying that the passion story should be seen as narrating a 'sacrifice' - with my own ears I heard René Girard in 2004 in Heythrop Colleg
10 February. 5th Sunday (C)
February 10 2019On the Blood of Christ, I am looking just now at the publications I mentioned earlier by the Centro Studi Sanguis Christi, Rome 1981-1991. (I, II, and VII are in Sophia University library)). The volum
10 February. 5th Sunday (C)
February 10 2019Paddy, I remember that book, which is full of such sweeping and inaccurate statements from Girard. It's a set of improvised interviews he gave to two admiring disciples vying in mimetic rivalry for hi
10 February. 5th Sunday (C)
February 10 2019Joe and Sean, what a wonderful conversation we have had from you all this week on the nature of the sacrificial death, or otherwise, of Jesus, which I may have been responsible for setting off last Su
10 February. 5th Sunday (C)
February 10 2019#13 Who is arguing that to abandon satisfactionalism is to undermine the ethic of sacrifice? Time and again I have argued here that an understanding of the crucifixion as a revelation of the scapegoa
Sexuality – a church’s need to learn as well as teach
February 15 2019This article is a courageous exception to the rule that seems to govern clerical behaviour in the Irish Church re sexuality: 'Don't ever go there!' The unfortunate result is that it is left - almost
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