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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... event . To introduce the reader to what Girard offers in this , his most recent , book , I will present a series of questions and answers about his basic concepts . Getting a grasp of these concepts is essential for understanding what ...
... event . To introduce the reader to what Girard offers in this , his most recent , book , I will present a series of questions and answers about his basic concepts . Getting a grasp of these concepts is essential for understanding what ...
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... temperament particularly impressionable and impulsive , " or owing to other formulas of the same kind , they destroy the typical character of the event and minimize its Christian significance . 19 The Cycle of Mimetic Violence.
... temperament particularly impressionable and impulsive , " or owing to other formulas of the same kind , they destroy the typical character of the event and minimize its Christian significance . 19 The Cycle of Mimetic Violence.
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character of the event and minimize its Christian significance . The main thing , I repeat , cannot be the psychology of the individual named Peter . In succumbing to the violent contagion that does not spare any of the witnesses of the ...
character of the event and minimize its Christian significance . The main thing , I repeat , cannot be the psychology of the individual named Peter . In succumbing to the violent contagion that does not spare any of the witnesses of the ...
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... event reported at length in the Gospels themselves , the execution of the one the Gospels regard as " the last of the prophets , ” John the Baptist . IF JOHN THE BAPTIST is a prophet , then to 26 The Biblical Knowledge of Violence.
... event reported at length in the Gospels themselves , the execution of the one the Gospels regard as " the last of the prophets , ” John the Baptist . IF JOHN THE BAPTIST is a prophet , then to 26 The Biblical Knowledge of Violence.
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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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