Jesus: The Scape-GOAT – Rene Girard/mimesis/atonement – part 2

In this episode, Mike and Jacob go into the biblical origins of mimetic desire and the scapegoat, showing how the Old Testament understanding of sacrifice provided the basis for the Christian understanding of Jesus as the scape-GOAT, and, finally, seeing how it all relates back to Rene Girard.

original release date: 21 March 2023

Resources

• The Theory of Rene Girard – Carly Osborn

• Violence and Mimesis – Chris Fleming

• Rene Girard’s Mimetic Theory – Wolgang Palaver

• Read the latest entry of the Voyage Blog!

Listen to the latest Voyage Podcast

Related Episodes

• Mimesis – minisode

• Jesus: The Scape-GOAT – Rene Girard/mimesis/atonement – part 1

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