On the Origins of Violence

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Robert Daly, Professor of Theology at Boston College wrote “The Girardian theory is one of the great intellectual achievements of the late twentieth century - a comprehensive vision of the psychological, sociological, political and religious processes of sin and redemption.” This part of the Kyrie.com site focuses on Girard's work, on the origins of violence and the theological implications of Girard's work.

The following papers are stored as Adobe Acrobat PDF files. If you can't read them, download the Acrobat Reader from the Internet... Rob Moore

The Theory of Rene Girard and its Theological Implications - Part I
What is Girard’s theory? What are the theological implications of his work?
Part I of my paper seeks to answer the first question and in doing so describes the anthropology he discovered; it also introduces some of the theological implications of his work. Rob Moore (12/4/02)

The Theory of Rene Girard and its Theological Implications - Part II
Part II of my paper further explores the theological implications of Girard’s work. Rob Moore (12/4/02)

The Theory of Rene Girard and its Theological Implications - Bibliography
Rob Moore (12/4/02)

There is much to be found on Girard's work on the Internet; here are a few links in no particular order:

http://theol.uibk.ac.at/cover (Colloquium on Violence and Religion)
http://theol.uibk.ac.at/cover/links
http://www.cottet.org/girard/index.en.htm
http://www.humnet.ucla.edu/humnet/anthropoetics (search for Girard)
http://www.wabashcenter.wabash.edu/Internet/social.htm
http://theol.uibk.ac.at/cover/bulletin/xtexte/bulletin11-3.html
http://theol.uibk.ac.at/cover/
http://www.execpc.com/~paulnue/girard-a_bib.htm
http://www.execpc.com/~paulnue/
http://stripe.Colorado.EDU/~burkhard/Home.html
http://www.florilegia.org/ (Gil Bailie's site)