New here? Start with Wanting. If you’ve read it, The One and the Ninety-Nine picks up where it left off. Be Not Conformed is a collection of essays I edited on René Girard, whose thought has inspired me. Unrepeatable, co-written in 2018 with Dr. Joshua Miller, is about personal vocation approached from inside the Catholic tradition.
Forging Identity in the Age of Social Contagion
It is not hard to find a tribe. The hard part is not losing yourself inside one. The crisis of our time is not polarization or loneliness but formation: building a self solid enough to withstand the pressure of the crowd.
“Social contagion is the most important phenomenon of our time. The One and the Ninety-Nine is the place to go to learn about it.” — Tyler CowenAbout the book →
The Power of Mimetic Desire in Everyday Life
Why we want what other people want. The landmark account of René Girard’s theory of mimetic desire, and what to do about it. Translated into twenty languages.
“The clearest, most accessible introduction to René Girard available.” — Peter ThielAbout the book →
René Girard at the Nexus of Athens, Jerusalem, and Silicon Valley
Seventeen original essays that put Girard in conversation with von Hildebrand, Giussani, and McLuhan, and take his theory into technology, education, and race. From the NOVITĀTE conference marking the centennial of his birth.
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Cultivating the Unique Calling of Every Person
On vocation: every person has a calling that is theirs alone, and the people around them — parents, teachers, mentors, managers — have a duty to help draw it out.
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A weekly compilation of Luke’s short-form thoughts and links—what he’s reading, watching, or looking at differently in the world. No essays—bullets.
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