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The Christian Revolution & Apocalypse: Girard's Eschatological Perspective
An exploration of Girard's anthropology of modernity and the Christian revolution
Jun 3
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Zak Slayback
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May 2025
I See Satan Fall Like Lightning: An Introduction to René Girard's Mimetic Theory
A talk given to the 2025 Stanford Girard Society retreat
May 29
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Zak Slayback
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New Things Anew: Pope Leo, Rerum Novarum, and Catholic Social Teaching
An overview of the popes speaking to the modern world
May 17
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Zak Slayback
13
April 2024
Notes on *Nuclear War*
Over the weekend, I read Annie Jacobson’s new book Nuclear War: A Scenario. It’s exactly what it sounds like: a dramatized scenario of a general nuclear…
Apr 1, 2024
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Zak Slayback
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February 2024
Weekend Reads (2/17/24) + Some Housekeeping
Right Wing Progressives, Cures for Deafness, Alms
Feb 17, 2024
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Zak Slayback
2
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September 2023
Meditation on Humility and Ordered Desire
Explorations of the nature of humility and its relationship to objective reality, properly ordered desire, and the magnanimous soul
Sep 5, 2023
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Zak Slayback
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August 2023
$1k Cash Prize - NOVITATE Essay Contest Deadline
Submit an essay or abstract today for a chance to win $1k at upcoming Girard conference
Aug 30, 2023
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Zak Slayback
2
November 2022
Spring 2023 Catholic Social Teaching Reading Group
Starting January 2023
Nov 23, 2022
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Zak Slayback
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July 2022
Weekend Reads: July 22, 2022
Experience Machine, Doing the Devil's Work, Stagnation, plus practical career advice!
Jul 22, 2022
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Zak Slayback
5
Weekend Reads, July 1, 2022
Insane pathogens, A Canticle for Leibowitz, developing the virtues, justice, gossip, and quantitative tightening
Jul 1, 2022
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Zak Slayback
3
March 2022
Weekend Reads, March 25: Mimesis & Bubbles
Mimesis & Bubbles Workshop Readings
Mar 25, 2022
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Zak Slayback
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Weekend Reads: March 18, 2022
Apocalypse, Quantum Computing, Milk (Bovine and Otherwise) & Immunity
Mar 18, 2022
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Zak Slayback
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