Featuring Sandor Goodhart James Alison Gil Bailie Robert Hamerton-Kelly Paul Dumouchel René Girard was a thinker who fits no category. His ideas fit no academic niche, but they attracted many followers during his long career as a teacher and writer. A large annual conference, "The Colloquium on Violence and Religion," is devoted entirely to his ideas, as is a journal, Contagion. Those who participate in these conventions believe that Girard's insights...