Ep. 4: Dr. Gregory Thornbury: Rene Girard and the Mimetic Cycle
The Moral Imagination
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The Beginning of the Nation of Israel
"The nation of Israel begins with the concept of subverting this cycle of ritualized, mimetic desire," he says. "This is not just a Christian thing. This is a Jewish thing right?" He goes on to say that Joseph and his brothers obey the commandments against idolatry but there's no idolatry.
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