Diego Bubbio: "Mimetic Theory and Hermeneutics" in Colloquy 9 (2005). University of St Andrews, UK: Honorary degree - June 2008. Gerald J. Biesecker-Mast: "Reading Walter Wink's and Rene Girard's Religious Critiques of Violence as Communication Ethics." National Communication Association Annual Meeting, Chicago, Illinois, November 20–23, 1997. A short and clear explanation of the thought of Girard (principally) among other similar thoughts about people, violence and society. "Scapegoats and Sacrifices: Rene Girard". Australian Broadcasting Commission - Philosopher's Zone. Trevor Merrill: "On War: Apocalypse and Conversion: Review Article on 's and 's " in Lingua Romana: a journal of French, Italian and Romanian culture Volume 6, number 1 / fall 2007. The website Preaching Peace contains a number of articles related to , for example: Per Bjørnar Grande: Girard's Christology (no date). Per Bjørnar Grande: Comparing Plato's Understanding of Mimesis to Girard's (no date). Matthew Pattillo: Violence, Anarchy and Scripture: Jacques Ellul and René Girard. Originally published in Contagion: Journal of Violence, Mimesis and Culture Vol 11, Spring 2004. 1923 births 2015 deaths 20th-century French philosophers 21st-century French philosophers Commandeurs of the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres Critical theorists Duke University faculty École Nationale des Chartes alumni Converts to Roman Catholicism from atheism or agnosticism French Christian pacifists 20th-century French historians French literary critics French male writers French Roman Catholic writers Hermeneutists Indiana University alumni Members of the Académie Française Mythographers Writers from Avignon Philosophers of social science Prix Médicis essai winners Catholic philosophers Christian apologists Stanford University Department of French and Italian faculty Winners of the Prix Broquette-Gonin (literature)