I See Satan Fall Like LightningOrbis Books, 1 ian. 2001 - 199 pagini Rene Girard holds up the gospels as mirrors that reveal our broken humanity, and shows that they also reflect a new reality that can make us whole. Like Simone Weil, Girard looks at the Bible as a map of human behavior, and sees Jesus Christ as the turning point leading to new life. The title echoes Jesus' words: "I saw Satan falling like lightning from heaven". Girard persuades us that even as our world grows increasingly violent the power of the Christ-event is so great that the evils of scapegoating and sacrifice are being defeated even now. A new community, God's nonviolent kingdom, is being realized -- even now. |
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Contents Foreword by James G. Williams Introduction Part One THE BIBLICAL KNOWLEDGE OF VIOLENCE 1. Scandal Must Come 2 ... Bible 10. The Uniqueness of the Gospels 103 121 11. The Triumph of the Cross 12. Scapegoat 137 154 13. The Modern ...
Contents Foreword by James G. Williams Introduction Part One THE BIBLICAL KNOWLEDGE OF VIOLENCE 1. Scandal Must Come 2 ... Bible 10. The Uniqueness of the Gospels 103 121 11. The Triumph of the Cross 12. Scapegoat 137 154 13. The Modern ...
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... Bible unveils this process of imitative desire leading to conflict and vio- lence , and its distinctive narratives reveal at the same time that God takes the part of victims . In the Gospels the process of unveil- ing or revelation is ...
... Bible unveils this process of imitative desire leading to conflict and vio- lence , and its distinctive narratives reveal at the same time that God takes the part of victims . In the Gospels the process of unveil- ing or revelation is ...
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... Bible , especially the Gospels , is that this entire single victim process is the work of Satan . Indeed , it is Satan . 4. What or who is Satan , and how is he related to scandal ? Answer : Satan or the devil , which are ...
... Bible , especially the Gospels , is that this entire single victim process is the work of Satan . Indeed , it is Satan . 4. What or who is Satan , and how is he related to scandal ? Answer : Satan or the devil , which are ...
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... biblical tradition , beginning with the Jewish Scriptures , there is a unique point of view on what is divine and what is human , on deity and victim . 8. How is the Bible unique ? Answer : The Bible is unique in its disclosure of the ...
... biblical tradition , beginning with the Jewish Scriptures , there is a unique point of view on what is divine and what is human , on deity and victim . 8. How is the Bible unique ? Answer : The Bible is unique in its disclosure of the ...
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... Bible unveils the victim mechanism that lies behind polytheism and mythology , but not only behind polytheism and mythology , for its full expression underlies everything we know as human culture . The Bible recog- nizes this in the ...
... Bible unveils the victim mechanism that lies behind polytheism and mythology , but not only behind polytheism and mythology , for its full expression underlies everything we know as human culture . The Bible recog- nizes this in the ...
Cuprins
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The Horrible Miracle of Apollonius of Tyana | 49 |
Mythology | 62 |
Sacrifice | 71 |
The Founding Murder | 82 |
Powers and Principalities | 95 |
The Uniqueness of the Bible | 103 |
The Uniqueness of the Gospels | 121 |
The Triumph of the Cross | 137 |
Scapegoat | 154 |
The Modern Concern for Victims | 161 |
The Twofold Nietzschean Heritage | 170 |
Conclusion | 182 |
Index | 195 |
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