Violence Renounced Violence Renounced Ren Girard, Biblical Studies, and Peacemaking Edited by Willard M. Swartley, response by Ren Girard.
Many theses seek to explain societal rivalry, injustice, and scapegoating.
Perhaps none is more thorough or persuasive than Ren Girard's. These scholarly essays engage this question at multiple levels. Girard has emerged as a foremost voice in cultural analysis. His theory holds that culture and religion are founded on an original and ever-recurring cycle of mimetic desire that breeds rivalry and leads to sacrificial violence.