In this Forum, parishioner Bill Tompson provides a brief overview of the French historian, literary critic and theologian René Girard, exploring the way Girard’s understanding of the psychology of desire and his ideas about the universality of the scapegoat mechanism in human societies offer a new way to understand the Christian gospel. In an age when the scapegoating of the Other so dominates our politics, Girard’s insights may also offer a new way of understanding the challenges and conflicts that our societies face today.

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Our Cathedral Forum series provides occasions to discuss topics ranging from politics to spirituality, economics, and literature, with fascinating guest speakers. The Forum seeks to help parishioners deepen their understanding of Christian faith and life, drawing on scripture, reason and tradition to understand its relevance to our lives and to our world, attentive to God's hand in the co-evolution of our world and of our church.

This is a hybrid forum; please join us in the Parish Hall or on Zoom.

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