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 ix
... comes into being through imitation of others . These others we imitate Girard calls " models , " models of desire . He has also used the word " medi- ators , " because they are " go - betweens , " acting as agents between the individual ...
... comes into being through imitation of others . These others we imitate Girard calls " models , " models of desire . He has also used the word " medi- ators , " because they are " go - betweens , " acting as agents between the individual ...
Pagina xi
... comes into being through following models of desire is not bad ; it is good . To desire what models desire is necessary if the child is to be able to learn and love and deal with the world . But it can and does lead to conflict and ...
... comes into being through following models of desire is not bad ; it is good . To desire what models desire is necessary if the child is to be able to learn and love and deal with the world . But it can and does lead to conflict and ...
Pagina xx
... comes to the rescue of an oppressed people through a marginal figure , Moses . Moses is " marginal " in that he is a Hebrew but was raised as an Egyptian and comes from a slave class but has become identified with the Egyptian ruling ...
... comes to the rescue of an oppressed people through a marginal figure , Moses . Moses is " marginal " in that he is a Hebrew but was raised as an Egyptian and comes from a slave class but has become identified with the Egyptian ruling ...
Pagina 1
... comes from Corinth - and also the other features that are known to polarize angry mobs against their possessors . All these features must be as real as the " crimes " of these same victims are imaginary . Being unanimous against their ...
... comes from Corinth - and also the other features that are known to polarize angry mobs against their possessors . All these features must be as real as the " crimes " of these same victims are imaginary . Being unanimous against their ...
Pagina 3
... comes from the Gospels , the present book can define itself as a defense of our Judaic and Christian tradition , as an apology of Christianity rooted in what amounts to a Gospel - inspired breakthrough in the field of social science ...
... comes from the Gospels , the present book can define itself as a defense of our Judaic and Christian tradition , as an apology of Christianity rooted in what amounts to a Gospel - inspired breakthrough in the field of social science ...
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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