Sacrifice, Scripture, and SubstitutionThis collection of essays focuses on sacrifice in the context of Jewish and Christian scripture and is inspired by the thought and writings of Ren Girard. The contributors engage in a dialogue with Girard in their search for answers to key questions about the relation between religion and violence. The book is divided into two parts. The first opens with a conversation in which Ren Girard and Sandor Goodhart explore the relation between imitation and