Tag: scapegoating
Pharisees set a trap for Jesus by asking about paying taxes. Jesus tells them to give to empire what belongs to it and to God what is God’s.
America’s response to September 11, 2001 was scapegoating and violence. Lindsey Paris-Lopez explains how these tools will never bring lasting peace using the Bible story of Jonah and the Whale.
Lindsey Paris-Lopez draws on Martin Luther King Jr.’s triple evils – racism, militarism, and materialism – as the three pillars of American exceptionalism then offers ways to transform them.
In the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic, Suzanne Ross provides context with mimetic insight and offers 4 spiritual practices to support healthy social distancing.
In a world that can be so quick to “cancel,” Lindsey Paris-Lopez poses four ways we can have compassionate accountability.
Pastor Adam explains the difference between Machiavellian politics and the politics of Christ then offers advice on how to live into hope.
Suzanne Ross reveals how belonging is achieved through both positive and negative means. Which way of belonging do you seek?
Suzanne Ross concludes the introduction to Mimetic Theory by examining how Jesus’ death reveals and makes visible the scapegoating mechanism.
Suzanne Ross continues the introduction to Mimetic Theory by examining how scapegoating brings about unity and certainty of goodness.
Have you ever blamed yourself for some horrible thing that happened to you? Suzanne Ross offers advice to victims of rape culture on college campuses.