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 x
... already familiar with his thought . 1. What is the chief identifying characteristic of human beings ? Answer : To answer this at the anthropological level ( leaving aside any question about the human soul or spirit ) : mimetic desire ...
... already familiar with his thought . 1. What is the chief identifying characteristic of human beings ? Answer : To answer this at the anthropological level ( leaving aside any question about the human soul or spirit ) : mimetic desire ...
Pagina xviii
... already men- tioned , is much like that of myth . A divine person , god or hero , is acclaimed , blamed for a crisis , put to death ( usually by other divine beings ) , and rises again . The resurrection of the god or hero brings new ...
... already men- tioned , is much like that of myth . A divine person , god or hero , is acclaimed , blamed for a crisis , put to death ( usually by other divine beings ) , and rises again . The resurrection of the god or hero brings new ...
Pagina xx
... already wit- nessed that God opposes idolatry and stands on the side of the oppressed and those who are unjustly accused of crimes . Two good examples of the narrative witness to the God who comes to the aid of victims are the Joseph ...
... already wit- nessed that God opposes idolatry and stands on the side of the oppressed and those who are unjustly accused of crimes . Two good examples of the narrative witness to the God who comes to the aid of victims are the Joseph ...
Pagina xxii
... already becom- ing secularized , torn from its religious and theological moorings , in Nietzsche's time . But an absolute value is not proven by logic or metaphysical arguments ; it is accepted , believed ( even when not discussed ) ...
... already becom- ing secularized , torn from its religious and theological moorings , in Nietzsche's time . But an absolute value is not proven by logic or metaphysical arguments ; it is accepted , believed ( even when not discussed ) ...
Pagina 11
... precede the tenth . These are the ones I have already quoted at the beginning of this chapter . If the Decalogue devotes its final commandment to prohibiting desire for whatever belongs to the neighbor Scandal Must Come 11.
... precede the tenth . These are the ones I have already quoted at the beginning of this chapter . If the Decalogue devotes its final commandment to prohibiting desire for whatever belongs to the neighbor Scandal Must Come 11.
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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