Weekend Insights – The First Stone and much more
Dr. Norman Horn
Welcome back to Weekend Insights, your LCI “President’s Corner” of miscellaneous articles, events, books, vids, and whatever else I’m thinking about…
Tag: mimetic theory
Ep 175: COVID, Riots, and Mimetic Theory, with Michael Hardin
LCI Staff
We welcome Michael Hardin for the first time to the podcast. Michael Hardin is an independent scholar residing in Pennsylvania. In our conversation, we talk
Church Support for War Created Social Justice Rage
David Gornoski
Rene Girard: “’Saul, why do you persecute me?’ (Acts 22.7). This is the fundamental question. Christian conversion is our discovery that we are persecutors without knowing it. All participation in the scapegoat phenomenon is the same sin of the persecution of Christ. And all human beings commit this sin.”
The Frankensteinish Outcome of the Iraq War
Dr. Norman Horn
America’s invasion of Iraq in 2003 had a Frankensteinish effect. It created a monster.
Ep 138: Politically Correct Mythology vs. Gospel Technology
LCI Staff
David Gornoski uses mimetic theory to explain how the gospel is the antidote to the problems that ail our world, including the myths that prevail
The Persecution of Truth
Surit Dasgupta
In 2003, a nation was still reeling from the effects of a deadly terrorist attack that cost thousands of lives. Like any crises, a scapegoat
LCI Hot Takes: Scapegoating Everywhere!
Dr. Norman Horn
In the first LCI Hot Takes video of 2019, I review some January events and the relevance of mimetic theory and scapegoating to them in
Does Religion Cause Violence? (Book Review)
Dr. Jamin Andreas Hübner
There is no shortage of new books on the relationship between religion/theology and violence. Does Religion Cause Violence? is the second from last in an eight-volume series
The Tragedy of the Seven Samurai
Surit Dasgupta
All artistic masterpieces have something in common, according to René Girard. Akira Kurosawa’s movie Seven Samurai, better known to western audiences as The Magnificent Seven,
How Blaming “Toxic Masculinity” Perpetuates Violence
Ruth Ryder
Recently, one of my friends on Facebook brought up the question of why there is presently such a heavy emphasis on discussing “toxic masculinity” but
