René Girard believed mimetic desire is destroying us, and grace is the only cure.
John-Paul Heil
It is normal to want what others want, but this tendency can become self-destructive.
Cormac McCarthy's latest novels suggest our babies are lamenting the void at the heart of reality. Are they instead calling us to communion?
If we strip away the essential aspects of human nature, we are inevitably doomed to self-destruction.