BENOÎT CHANTRE is a French essayist and literary critic. He has authored books on the German poet Hölderlin (Le clocher de Tübingen, 2019) and René Girard (Les derniers jours de René Girard, 2016), with whom he collaborated on Battling to the End (2009).

Benoît Chantre has written a volume that masterfully lays out the three major syntheses of mimetic theory while also breaking important new ground. His eschatological reading of Saint Paul’s Letter to the Romans brilliantly shows the vibrant compossibilities—and the coexistence of apparent opposites—that are so central to understanding René Girard’s intellectual project.—Luke Burgis, author of Wanting: The Power of Mimetic Desire in Everyday Life

• Contents Introduction I. From Vertical Transcendence to Deviated Transcendence II. Self-Transcendence, the Scapegoat Mechanism, and the Institution of Sacrifice III. Messianic Transcendence IV. A Mimetic Approach to the Letter to the Romans Conclusion Notes

BENOÎT CHANTRE is a French essayist and literary critic. He has authored books on the German poet Hölderlin (Le clocher de Tübingen, 2019) and René Girard (Les derniers jours de René Girard, 2016), with whom he collaborated on Battling to the End (2009).

Benoît Chantre has written a volume that masterfully lays out the three major syntheses of mimetic theory while also breaking important new ground. His eschatological reading of Saint Paul’s Letter to the Romans brilliantly shows the vibrant compossibilities—and the coexistence of apparent opposites—that are so central to understanding René Girard’s intellectual project.—Luke Burgis, author of Wanting: The Power of Mimetic Desire in Everyday Life

• Contents Introduction I. From Vertical Transcendence to Deviated Transcendence II. Self-Transcendence, the Scapegoat Mechanism, and the Institution of Sacrifice III. Messianic Transcendence IV. A Mimetic Approach to the Letter to the Romans Conclusion Notes

BENOÎT CHANTRE is a French essayist and literary critic. He has authored books on the German poet Hölderlin (Le clocher de Tübingen, 2019) and René Girard (Les derniers jours de René Girard, 2016), with whom he collaborated on Battling to the End (2009).

Benoît Chantre has written a volume that masterfully lays out the three major syntheses of mimetic theory while also breaking important new ground. His eschatological reading of Saint Paul’s Letter to the Romans brilliantly shows the vibrant compossibilities—and the coexistence of apparent opposites—that are so central to understanding René Girard’s intellectual project.—Luke Burgis, author of Wanting: The Power of Mimetic Desire in Everyday Life

• Contents Introduction I. From Vertical Transcendence to Deviated Transcendence II. Self-Transcendence, the Scapegoat Mechanism, and the Institution of Sacrifice III. Messianic Transcendence IV. A Mimetic Approach to the Letter to the Romans Conclusion Notes