The Scape Goat, a Profile of French Thinker René Girard

René Girard: The permanence of Christianity is the continuing influence of the self-critical spirit he's been talking about. He recognizes that Christianity quickly became a worldly power, but says it also worked steadily to decode mythology and de-sanctify violence. In his view, this effect isn't well recognized in the modern academy where religion and science are strictly segregated.