Carolina QuotesThere is always an attempt to move away from the Cross, that is, to perpetuate man’s misrecognition of his violence and protect his pride from the revelation. Without the Cross, there is no revelation of the fundamental injustice of the scapegoat mechanism, which is the founder of human culture, with all its repercussions in our relationships with each other.
René Girard Connected to the Carolinas
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p. 219
- work
- "The Scandal of Christianity" (2007)
- year
- 2007
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- p. 219
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