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WN: This is the CBC headline for airing the David Cayley five-part series on violence and its origins, the last three of which air this and next week (March 10, 11 and 17, 2016), by David Cayley.

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René Girard and Violence This was (re)written just for my own joy in 1997, with subsequent rewrites. A version…
Cruciform anthropology: an introduction to the thought of… WN: This was written by Simon J. Taylor, and is so helpful in understanding René…
René Girard: The Anthropology of the Cross as Alternative to… WN: This is definitely worthwhile reading! An excerpt: It is sometimes said that the post-modern…
A Great Irony of History: The Anthropological Significance… WN: I wrote this and presented it at the Colloquium on Violence and Religion (COV&R)…
Spirituality Evaluation of Restorative Justice Sixth International Conference on Restorative Justice, “Best Practices in Restorative Justice”, June 4, 2003 An…
Restorative Justice and M2/W2 Ministry M2/W2 (Man-To-Man/Woman-To-Woman) is the Restorative Justice agency with which I was associated for forty years.…
Victims, violence and Christianity by René Girard. WN: It is an edited version of The Martin D’Arcy Lecture delivered…
David Cayley of CBC Ideas for over 30 years Presents... WN: Greetings all. About 25 years ago, I wrote to David Cayley in response to…
Eat Me: The Cannibalistic Origins of the State David Gornoski Friday, August 05, 2016 This an outstanding piece, especially in the writer's powerful…
Whither Now? Justice Without Violence Conference, June 5 - 7, 1997, Albany, New York An excerpt: Introduction…
Restorative Justice and Spiritual Origins November 19, 2004 WN: I cannot recall where this was published/presented. A similar article also…
The Genealogy of Violence The Genealogy of Violence: Reflections on Creation, Freedom, and Evil, Charles K. Bellinger, Oxford: Oxford…
René Girard, Conversion, and the Present Media Moment WN: This is immensely helpful in this historical moment. Lumen Christi Institute René Girard, Conversion,…
The Sports Crowd is Untruth WN: This was written in response to the Vancouver Stanley Cup riot in 2011. An…
The Incomparable David Cayley WN: Introduction Below is a clickable list of many of David Cayley’s Canadian Broadcasting Corporation’s…