{"id":239243,"date":"2022-10-04T00:23:26","date_gmt":"2022-10-04T05:23:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mindseyemag.com\/magazine\/?p=239243"},"modified":"2026-04-04T00:32:51","modified_gmt":"2026-04-04T05:32:51","slug":"violence-and-the-sacred","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mindseyemag.com\/magazine\/violence-and-the-sacred\/","title":{"rendered":"Violence and the Sacred"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"BookPageMetadataSection__description\" data-testid=\"description\">\n<div class=\"TruncatedContent\" tabindex=\"-1\">\n<div class=\"TruncatedContent__text TruncatedContent__text--large\" tabindex=\"-1\" data-testid=\"contentContainer\">\n<div class=\"DetailsLayoutRightParagraph\">\n<div class=\"DetailsLayoutRightParagraph__widthConstrained\"><span class=\"Formatted\"><i>Violence and the Sacred<\/i>\u00a0is Rene Girard&#8217;s landmark study of human evil. 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