Scapegoat!
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Scapegoat!
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Somebody has to take the blame. It's an impulse as old as humanity itself, and it's nowhere near as dead as we'd like to think. This episode takes a deep dive into scapegoats.
In Act One, journalist Jörg Nowak returns from Papua New Guinea with firsthand accounts of witchcraft accusations, happening in over 40 countries today, and most of us have no idea. We look at how modernisation, male violence, and ancient superstition combine to put vulnerable women in the firing line, and what Sister Lorena's work rescuing and rehabilitating survivors looks like for those living through the nightmare.
In Act Two, Dr Chris Cotter unpacks the thinking of René Girard, who traced scapegoating all the way back to the origins of human civilisation, through myth, ritual, and religion, to the foot of the cross. What does the Eucharist have to do with ending the cycle of sacrifice? And can we actually survive without scapegoats?
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Learn more about George's work at: https://www.missio.com/english
Visit the Catholic Diocese of Sandhurst website: https://www.sandhurst.catholic.org.au