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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... crowd to imitating Christ , which occurs through their experience of Jesus ' resurrection . Their conversion and the resurrection of Christ are two aspects of the same event . To introduce the reader to what Girard offers in this , his ...
... crowd to imitating Christ , which occurs through their experience of Jesus ' resurrection . Their conversion and the resurrection of Christ are two aspects of the same event . To introduce the reader to what Girard offers in this , his ...
Pagina xiii
... crowd , against the one who is accused of criminal 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 ...
... crowd , against the one who is accused of criminal 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 ...
Pagina xiv
... crowd , of the authorities , even of the disciples of Jesus ( unless it is the repentant disciples who later on , as they contribute to the Gospel accounts , don't try to hide their own shameful acts ) . It takes the side of the ...
... crowd , of the authorities , even of the disciples of Jesus ( unless it is the repentant disciples who later on , as they contribute to the Gospel accounts , don't try to hide their own shameful acts ) . It takes the side of the ...
Pagina xvii
... crowd want is to justify itself and its past , and they do this by blaming someone for all their troubles . In moments of crisis caused by deep - seated rivalries a person is unjustly accused of some offense or crime . Or , as in the ...
... crowd want is to justify itself and its past , and they do this by blaming someone for all their troubles . In moments of crisis caused by deep - seated rivalries a person is unjustly accused of some offense or crime . Or , as in the ...
Pagina xviii
... crowd and cries to God for help . And of course many of the prophets oppose sacrifice , connecting it to shedding of blood ( Isa . 1:15 ; Hos . 6 : 6-8 ) and de- nouncing the offering of children as victims ( Mic . 6 : 7 ; Jer . 32:35 ) ...
... crowd and cries to God for help . And of course many of the prophets oppose sacrifice , connecting it to shedding of blood ( Isa . 1:15 ; Hos . 6 : 6-8 ) and de- nouncing the offering of children as victims ( Mic . 6 : 7 ; Jer . 32:35 ) ...
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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