René Girard and Secular ModernityIn Ren Girard and Secular Modernity: Christ, Culture, and Crisis, Scott Cowdell provides the first systematic interpretation of Ren Girards controversial approach to secular modernity. Cowdell identifies the scope, development, and implications of Girards thought, the centrality of Christ in Girard's thinking, and, in particular, Girard's distinctive take on the uniqueness and finality of Christ in terms of his impact on Western culture. In Girards