The Atoning Death of the Last Scapegoat

The billionaire co-founder of PayPal, Peter Thiel, considers René Girard “heroic and subversive.” Vice President J.D. Vance, who learned of Girard through Thiel, attributes in part his decision to enter full communion with the Catholic Church in 2019 to Girard. Why is interest in an obscure French-American scholar who died a decade ago rapidly growing, and what can we learn from him? Read Full Article »