Why Trump Is Still Wildly Popular
by Peter J. LeithartChristians support Trump the anti-scapegoat, for better or for worse, because he embodies a refusal to acquiesce. Continue Reading »
Christians support Trump the anti-scapegoat, for better or for worse, because he embodies a refusal to acquiesce. Continue Reading »
A society that lacks a teleology of desire also lacks normative, transcendent models of desire. “Few people want to be saints nowadays,” wrote René Girard, “but everybody is trying to lose weight.” Continue Reading »
Over many decades and in voluminous writings, René Girard has elaborated a theory of sacrifice, scapegoating, and violence that purports to unveil things hidden from the foundations of the world. He has become a guru, not least to Christian theologians eager to formulate non-violent versions of . . . . Continue Reading »