A Remedy for Envy? René Girard Redux [TEASER]

Subscribe to Know Your Enemy on Patreon to listen to this premium episode, and all of our bonus content: https://www.patreon.com/knowyourenemy Matt and Sam return to René Girard via Pope Francis—whom Matt personally met at a recent general audience at the Vatican, and whose homily at that audience addressed the problem of envy, and what Christianity might have to teach us about it. Topics include: how to think about Girard's Christianity, in terms both of how it informs his work and his own attachment to it; the politics of Jesus, and whether or not any of the preceding can actually help us avoid the apocalyptic violence Girard thought was building as we hurtle toward "the end times." Read: René Girard, I See Satan Fall Like Lightning (1999) Scott Cowdell, René Girard and Secular Modernity: Christ, Culture, and Crisis (2015) Pope Francis, " Envy and Vainglory ," Full text of general audience remarks, Feb 28, 2024 John Ganz's Unpopular Front series on Girard: part 1 , part 2 , part 3 , part 4 Herbert McCabe, " Class Struggle and Christian Love " in God Matters (2012) James Alison, The Joy of Being Wrong: Original Sin Through Easter Eyes (1998) James Allison, " Girard's Breakthrough…