tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18968172.post8792547551823851054..comments2023-11-03T01:13:22.719-07:00Comments on The Rabbi Is IN with Rabbi Rami: Good FridayUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18968172.post-3378883933070801652008-03-22T12:48:00.000-07:002008-03-22T12:48:00.000-07:00I have read Rene Girard on sacred violence, and I ...I have read Rene Girard on sacred violence, and I am intrigued by his ideas. I would be only too interested in reading what you forward. Thanks, ScottRabbi Ramihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07549679279782491931noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18968172.post-22389897537842352272008-03-22T09:21:00.000-07:002008-03-22T09:21:00.000-07:00There's another way to view the necessity of sacri...There's another way to view the necessity of sacrifice. Rather then seeing it as something ancient which we moderns have progressed beyond, perhaps it can be something painfully universal (in time and space). <BR/><BR/>In Rene Girard's challenging analysis, society is formed through the "sacred" sacrifice of a scapegoat. "Social peace is unanimity minus one." The logic of the Jewish and Christian scriptures, accordingly, is the uncovering of the scapegoat mechanisms, of this perverse yet pervasive sacred violence. This is achieved by seemingly odd, detailed descriptions of social violence that accompany the breakdown of ritual's power. (Korach, Pinchas, Jesus)<BR/><BR/>There's been some work by "Girardians" to explore Eastern religious thought and practice for signs of sacred violence and elements that also uncover the dynamic. I can forward something of interest if you'd like.<BR/><BR/>Kind and irreverent regards,<BR/>ScottScott Dhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04047242049493648079noreply@blogger.com