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

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Nietzsche's Attacks on Christianity

Nietzsche's attacks on Christianity are founded in Girard's view on a misunderstanding, he says. He is thought of as the philosopher of the death of God, but what Nietzsche actually writes about is the killing of God. "What was holiest and most powerful of all that the world has yet possessed has bled to death under our hands"

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