Riley Risto
Director of Latter-day Saint Peace Studies and a longtime student of scripture who centers his faith on Jesus, focusing on nonviolence, cruciform reading of scripture, and René Girard–informed interpretations of sacred violence.
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Mar 15, 2026 • 53min
Reading the Bible Through the Jesus Lens
Riley Risto, director of Latter-day Saint Peace Studies and lifelong scripture student, centers his faith on Jesus and nonviolence. He describes reading the Bible through a cruciform lens. Short takes explore René Girard’s scapegoat theory, wrestling with divine violence in stories like Noah and Laban, and what it means to take Christ’s name seriously in life and justice.
