315: Girard - The End of Scapegoating
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The Importance of the Cross
Gerard's work reshapes this picture, emphasizing the relevance of the cross precisely at the point most at issue. He argues there is already an intrinsic anthropological significance to Jesus's death that is given in the passion narratives. So it's a scapegoating sacrifice and a revelation. It's overturning of the legitimacy of the whole victim of violence dynamic.
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