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"The Apocalypse Has Begun": Ivan Illich and René Girard on Anti-Christ — davidcayley.com

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This article was written for The Palgrave Handbook of Mimetic Theory and Religion, a handbook on the work of René Girard edited by James Alison and Wolfgang Palaver published in 2017. Wolfgang, a friend, asked me to "build a bridge" between Illich and Girard. The 3,0

This article was written for The Palgrave Handbook of Mimetic Theory and Religion, a handbook on the work of René Girard edited by James Alison and Wolfgang Palaver published in 2017. Wolfgang, a friend, asked me to "build a bridge" between Illich and Girard. The 3,000 word limit the editors imposed was a challenge, and I'm not sure the bridge is safe to walk on yet, but here at least is a sketch: The figure of Anti-Christ carries a lot of colorful, historical baggage. Building on fairly slight New Testament evidence, the legend of an Anti-Christ whose appearance will initiate the last battle

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