29May

Intellectual Respectability

May 29, 2016 Gil Bailie

For close to three centuries, in all institutions of higher learning, it has not been intellectually respectable to deal with...

01Apr

Paris Memorial for René Girard

April 1, 2016 Gil Bailie

In February a memorial service for René Girard was held in Paris at l’église Saint-Germain des Prés. The YouTube video...

29Dec

December 29, 2015 Gil Bailie

A memorial service will be held Tuesday, Jan. 19, at 2 p.m. in Stanford Memorial Church for the renowned French...

25Dec

December 25, 2015 The Cornerstone Forum

It has been our joy in years past to share a short excerpt from the Hoover Institution’s ‘Uncommon Knowledge’ interview...

16Nov

November 16, 2015 Gil Bailie

On Saturday November 14th, the day of René Girard’s funeral Cynthia Haven posted the following review of and excerpt from...

15Nov

November 15, 2015 Randy Coleman-Riese

At the funeral of René Girard the Requiem Mass was a sung Gregorian Mass. The celebrant and homilist was Fr....

14Nov

November 14, 2015 Gil Bailie

The funeral Mass for René Girard will be celebrated today. How tragically ironic that it is a day of grief...

11Nov

November 11, 2015 Gil Bailie

That forthright religious stance may have cost him status in university circles, said Robert Pogue Harrison, a professor of literature...

10Nov

November 10, 2015 Gil Bailie

There are some thinkers that offer intriguing ideas and proposals, and there is a tiny handful of thinkers that manage...

05Nov

November 5, 2015 Gil Bailie

My friend Peter Robinson has written a beautiful tribute to René Girard.