René Girard (1923–)

Colloquium on Violence & Religion (COV&R)

"Official website for exploration, criticism, and development of René Girard‘s mimetic theory". A good place to start with many links

Includes link to "Contagion: Journal of Violence, Mimesis, and Culture"

The Scapegoat: René Girard's Anthropology of Religion and Violence

an introduction based on a CBC radio program

Are the Gospels Mythical?

an article by Girard on the First Things website

Anthropoetics II, no. 1 Special Issue on René Girard

from "Anthropoetics — The Electronic Journal of Generative Anthropology" ; very helpful
Interview with René Girard

René Girard on imitatio Christi

an excerpt from Girard's essay "Violence Renounced: Response by René Girard" as found in the book Violence Renounced

Excerpt from René Girard's Things Hidden since the Foundation of the World

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a presentation from Philippe Cottet (available in English and French

"The Crowd is Untruth": A comparison of Kierkegaard and Girard

an article from Charles K. Bellinger on the Wabash Center site

Religion Vol. 27, No. 3, July 1997

an issue related to many of Girard's themes; abstracts of articles available

Works by or about Rene Girard

a bibliography compiled by the Regent Carey Library

René Girard Je vois Satan tomber comme l'éclair

a first chapter of the book (in French) on the French publisher's site

Reading Rene Girard's and Walter Wink's Religious Critiques of Violence as Radical Communication Ethics

an address by Gerald J. Biesecker-Mast

The Colloquium on Violence and Religion 2001

a conference held at the University of Antwerp which several papers and reflections "downloadable", including the following:

The Place of René Girard in Contemporary Philosophy

a paper from Guido Vanheewswijck, University of Antwerp

La guerra per avere la pace? INTERVISTA A RENE' GIRARD

an interview with Italian radio