25Dec

A Girard Christmas Card

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

“We have to radically change the way we think”

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.

04Nov

November 4, 2015 Gil Bailie

René Girard, an inspiration and an affectionate friend, passed from this life at 2:30 this morning. My heart is filled...

15Jun

June 15, 2015 Gil Bailie

While many people cite René Girard’s mimetic theory in order to champion the cause of scapegoats — real ones as...