I would not call Girard a "great scholar" -- he was fundamentally a literary critic, who had brilliant hunches. (His best book might be his first, called in English "Deceit, Desire, and the Novel" whi
I am very impressed with the website http://www.pbc2019.org/home which covers the Protection of Minors gathering. It is very transparent and contains lots of relevant information. I look forward to re
Sean@23, with reference to your Guardian link re the Fr Séamus Murphy SJ article in the Spring 2016 STUDIES, I'm sure you recall the intended article for the Spring 1966 STUDIES by Fr Francis Shaw SJ
One of the reasons there is so little good theology of the Atonement is that it would demand engagement with the whole vast literature on the institutions of sacrifice, especially in Israel Greece, an
#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
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February 10 2019I would not call Girard a "great scholar" -- he was fundamentally a literary critic, who had brilliant hunches. (His best book might be his first, called in English "Deceit, Desire, and the Novel" whi
A prayer on the occasion of the Vatican Summit on abuse in the church
February 16 2019I am very impressed with the website http://www.pbc2019.org/home which covers the Protection of Minors gathering. It is very transparent and contains lots of relevant information. I look forward to re
10 February. 5th Sunday (C)
February 10 2019Sean@23, with reference to your Guardian link re the Fr Séamus Murphy SJ article in the Spring 2016 STUDIES, I'm sure you recall the intended article for the Spring 1966 STUDIES by Fr Francis Shaw SJ
10 February. 5th Sunday (C)
February 10 2019One of the reasons there is so little good theology of the Atonement is that it would demand engagement with the whole vast literature on the institutions of sacrifice, especially in Israel Greece, an
10 February. 5th Sunday (C)
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
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