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René Girard with Martha McCullough, his wife of more than 50 years.
Girard died on November 4, 2015 at the age of 91.
Girard died on November 4, 2015 at the age of 91.
"Jesus accepts to be the victim, and we don't really know why," Girard said. "There, what the Gospel said is that it is God himself who has allowed all this scapegoating, and says, 'You can forgive me, since now I am ready to become your victim myself.'"
Related reading: RIP René Girard; René Girard: Stanford's provocative immortel is a one-man institution; History is a test. Mankind is failing it.; In Memory of René Girard: The Truth about Life and Death
