
Lecture V: The Christian Revelation | René Girard's Mimetic Theory
Johnathan Bi
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How Does Gerard Interpret the Kingdom of God?
For Gerard, the core message of the Christian revelation is that the victim is innocent and ought to be protected. Far-right reactionary movements directly oppose this message; they shamelessly persecute victims. For Gerard, they pay lip service to the protection of victims in order to continue persecuting them. Today, the only type of persecution that is accepted is persecution in the name of protecting victims. Think about all the horrors committed in the Soviet Union,. This is what it means to paganize Christianity and why progressive movements. constitute for Gerard the Antichrist who appears so close to Christ but so easily leads us astray.
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