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Dr. David Bentley Hart on the contributions of René Girard to theology, with Chris Haw

Theologian

David Bentley Hart


Duration

71.11


Uploaded to YouTube

17 November 2015

Added to Database

18 October 2025


YouTube description

Following the passing of René Girard, I took the opportunity to interview a few people about his thought. This is an interview with David Bentley Hart, an orthodox theologian and general classicist-at-large, regarding a few aspects of Girard's theory: 1) Hinduism and the uniqueness of Christianity (a la Nietzsche), 2) the dissolution of the two-faced "sacred" (where God is simultaneously infinite love and threat) and movement toward the "holy" (of pure, unimaginable unconditionality), 3) patristics, 4) shortcomings or cautions with Girard's theory. And some other things...

Please pardon that it is not trimmed toward brevity, and that the audio is not excellent. This is just an informal experiment.