The Humble Attempt to Construct Peace

A vast repertoire of sources allows an understanding of the historical transformation of a defensive war into a warlike undertaking with imperialistic aims. A reading that challenges the extremist literature of militant Islamist groups and anti-Islamic groups.

If instances of religious conflict have fuelled the prejudice that monotheism is a factor for violence, the journey made by Christianity emphasises its irreversible leave-taking of violence committed in the name of God

René Girard’s mimetic theory offers a fundamental aid to understanding the nexus between violence, the sacred and the origin of different human cultures. It also paves the way for a challenge: how to found a way of living together without identifying a common enemy?

Violence: between current affairs and the founding texts