Prodigal Kiwi(s) Blog: Scapegoating

Saturday, 21 October 2006

Scapegoating

Paul writes – I have to agree with Len (in a recent comment) – Richard Rohr is “brilliant” and such a wonderful communicator. Tonight he concluded his address by telling us that “we [had] heard the gospel!” It was electric (pardon the pun if you were there).

Rohr delivered an address titled – Victims and the Place of Scapegoats in Today’s World. It was outstanding. The most I have been energised by this topic since reading James Alison’s brilliant Knowing Jesus several years ago. In fact, if you want as accessible an introduction to the work of Rene Girard as Rohr presented this evening, read Alison’s slim (118-page) book.

You’ll find a related article here.

My notes (PDF) from tonight are attached.

Download 2006_houchen_lecture_notes.pdf

Oct 21, 2006 12:05:17 AM | Posts by Paul

2 Comments

Great post Paul. thank you for putting your notes up. the talk was obviously superb.

Posted by: aj | Saturday, 21 October 2006 at 09:58 AM

Thanks so much for the notes. They beat my "mental notes" hands down. Much deep discussion was generated from Richard's talk.
Blessings on you all this weekend.
shalom,

Posted by: Merv | Saturday, 21 October 2006 at 09:59 PM

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