Violence & the Sacred

Violence & the Sacred episodes:

• 02.22.2023

  René Girard in Sonoma 1991

  René Girard giving an informal talk with Q&A at Gil Bailie's Florilegia Institute, Sonoma, CA in  1991

  
• 01.01.2022

  Violence & the Sacred Episode 10: Violence and Religion

  A 2004 presentation by René Girard to the Stanford University Catholic Community.

  
• 08.10.2021

  Religion and Violence

  A 2004 presentation by René Girard to the Stanford University Catholic Community.

  
• 08.09.2021

  Ethnocentrism

  This is a recording of a presentation by René Girard given at the 1992 meeting of the Colloquium on Violence and Religion held at Stanford University.

  
• 08.08.2021

  Revenge

  This is an address given by René Girard at the Center for International Security and Arms Control at Stanford University in 1993.

  
• 08.07.2021

  Satan and the Gospels

  This is an address given by René Girard at the American Academy of Religion conference held in San Francisco in 1992.

  
• 08.06.2021

  Atonement

  An address given by René Girard at the American Academy of Religion conference held in San Francisco in 1997. Professor Girard is introduced by James Williams.

  
• 08.05.2021

  Christianity and Mimetic Theory & Christian Anti-Semitism

  This is a presentation of René Girard given at the 1993 meeting of the Colloquium of Violence and Religion held at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill.

  
• 08.04.2021

  An Introduction to Mimetic Theory - 2002

  This is a recording of a presentation by René Girard at the 2002 meeting of the Colloquium on Violence and Religion held at Purdue University.

  
• 08.03.2021

  A Friday Afternoon Seminar with René Girard - 2006

  For over twenty years René Girard held episodic Friday afternoon seminars on the campus of Stanford University to discuss and debate aspects of his mimetic hypothesis with visiting scholars, graduate students, and interested community members. This session from 2006 provides...

  
• 08.02.2021

  An Interview with René Girard - 1997

  This is an interview Gil Bailie made with René Girard recorded in Los Angeles in 1997.

  
• 08.01.2021

  An Informal Talk by René Girard - 1994

  This is a recording made in 1994 of René Girard giving a presentation to a group of lay people from Sonoma who had been participating in weekly talks by Gil Bailie. Professor Girard had been invited by Gil Bailie to...

  
• 06.02.2021

  An Interview with René Girard - 1997

  This is an interview Gil Bailie made with René Girard recorded in Los Angeles in 1997.

  
• 05.05.2021

  Violence & the Sacred Episode 8: Revenge

  This is an address given by René Girard at the Center for International Security and Arms Control at Stanford University in 1993.

  
• 05.05.2021

  Violence & the Sacred Episode 7: Satan & the Gospels

  This is an address given by René Girard at the American Academy of Religion conference held in San Francisco in 1992.

  
• 05.05.2021

  Violence & the Sacred Episode 6: Atonement

  An address given by René Girard at the American Academy of Religion conference held in San Francisco in 1997. Professor Girard is introduced by James Williams.

  
• 05.05.2021

  Violence & the Sacred Episode 5: An Informal Talk by Rene Girard in Sonoma 1994

  This is a recording made in 1994 of Rene Girard giving a presentation to a group of lay people from Sonoma who had been participating in weekly talks by Gil Bailie. Professor Girard had been invited by Gil Bailie to...

  
• 05.05.2021

  Violence & the Sacred Episode 4: Christianity and Mimetic Theory – Christian Anti-Semitism

  This is a presentation of René Girard given at the 1993 meeting of the Colloquium of Violence and Religion held at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill.

  
• 05.03.2021

  Violence & the Sacred Episode 3: Ethnocentrism

  This is a recording of a presentation by René Girard given at the 1992 meeting of the Colloquium on Violence and Religion held at Stanford University.

  
• 04.02.2020

  Violence & the Sacred Episode 2: Introduction to Mimetic Theory

  This is a recording of a presentation by René Girard at the 2002 meeting of the Colloquium on Violence and Religion held at Purdue University.

  
• 04.01.2020

  Violence & the Sacred Episode 1: Friday Afternoon Stanford Seminar with René Girard – 2006

  This recording was made in 2006 during one of the informal Friday afternoon seminars which professor René Girard and those interested in his work had been convening since the late 1980’s. The seminars were generally held every two weeks when professor...