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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Pagina xiii
... acts — a process well described in this book in the chapter on " The Horrible Miracle of Apollonius of Tyana . " ( 2 ) The similarities between the myths 1. For other analyses of myths , see Girard , The Scapegoat ( Baltimore : Johns ...
... acts — a process well described in this book in the chapter on " The Horrible Miracle of Apollonius of Tyana . " ( 2 ) The similarities between the myths 1. For other analyses of myths , see Girard , The Scapegoat ( Baltimore : Johns ...
Pagina xiv
... acts ) . It takes the side of the innocent victim , who gives himself over to God and lets himself suffer and die ... act of sacrifice stems from the operation of the victim mechanism . The human or animal offered as a sacrifice is ...
... acts ) . It takes the side of the innocent victim , who gives himself over to God and lets himself suffer and die ... act of sacrifice stems from the operation of the victim mechanism . The human or animal offered as a sacrifice is ...
Pagina xv
... acts and thoughts be- came stronger . One was a ritual whose central act is the killing of a victim . Human victims were probably offered long before animal victims were substituted for humans . ( Abraham's near sacrifice of Isaac in ...
... acts and thoughts be- came stronger . One was a ritual whose central act is the killing of a victim . Human victims were probably offered long before animal victims were substituted for humans . ( Abraham's near sacrifice of Isaac in ...
Pagina xvii
... act of sacrifice , the victim would have had time to pull some people into his or her orbit . They became the victim's followers and wanted , not to sacrifice but to preserve the victim , at least for a much longer period of time . This ...
... act of sacrifice , the victim would have had time to pull some people into his or her orbit . They became the victim's followers and wanted , not to sacrifice but to preserve the victim , at least for a much longer period of time . This ...
Pagina xix
... Acts . The mythic power of the victim mechanism is now subverted in principle . As human history continues , this satanic mechanism will be subverted more and more . The New Testament Gospels are the starting point for a new science or ...
... Acts . The mythic power of the victim mechanism is now subverted in principle . As human history continues , this satanic mechanism will be subverted more and more . The New Testament Gospels are the starting point for a new science or ...
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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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