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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... innocent victim who is crucified is vindicated through his resurrection from the dead . The disciples of Jesus finally undergo a complete conversion as they move from being lost in the mimetic desire of the crowd to imitating Christ ...
... innocent victim who is crucified is vindicated through his resurrection from the dead . The disciples of Jesus finally undergo a complete conversion as they move from being lost in the mimetic desire of the crowd to imitating Christ ...
Pagina xiv
... innocent victim , who gives himself over to God and lets himself suffer and die because of Satan's work , because of the victim mechanism , that those who believe in him may have their eyes and hearts opened and be saved . And those who ...
... innocent victim , who gives himself over to God and lets himself suffer and die because of Satan's work , because of the victim mechanism , that those who believe in him may have their eyes and hearts opened and be saved . And those who ...
Pagina xix
... innocent of all the charges against him . All those around him desire something from him or something he prevents them from getting . The disciples want Jesus ' approval and status in the new kingdom he proclaims . The crowds of people ...
... innocent of all the charges against him . All those around him desire something from him or something he prevents them from getting . The disciples want Jesus ' approval and status in the new kingdom he proclaims . The crowds of people ...
Pagina xx
... innocent victim revolves around Jesus ' word and Jesus as the Word . Jesus ' word , his message , focuses on God's plan to establish a community of love and joy— the " kingdom of God ” —in which the values and distinctions and concern ...
... innocent victim revolves around Jesus ' word and Jesus as the Word . Jesus ' word , his message , focuses on God's plan to establish a community of love and joy— the " kingdom of God ” —in which the values and distinctions and concern ...
Pagina xxi
... innocent victim crushed by some system of religious and political beliefs . The disciples might have felt sorry for him , felt guilty about deserting him , but what could they do ? They themselves were naturally part of the world of ...
... innocent victim crushed by some system of religious and political beliefs . The disciples might have felt sorry for him , felt guilty about deserting him , but what could they do ? They themselves were naturally part of the world of ...
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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