Scapegoating in the Digital World

"Friends, why are we so tempted to scapegoat people, especially online? And how do we escape that trap?

On today’s episode of “The Word on Fire Show,” Brandon Vogt and I discuss the great Catholic philosopher René Girard and his theory of scapegoating.

A listener asks, what does Bishop Barron think of classical education?

00:00 | Intro
01:13 | Bishop Barron at G.K. Chesterton Conference
02:29 | Who was René Girard?
05:18 | Girard's theory of mimetic desire
07:09 | Girard's theory of scapegoating
17:03 | Traits of an ideal scapegoat
19:30 | Girard, scapegoating, and the Bible
23:19 | Scapegoating on the Internet
25:06 | How Catholics should respond to scapegoating
28:55 | Listener question
31:45 | New book - "Tolkien's Faith: A Spiritual Biography"

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