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 iv
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... means , elec- tronic or mechanical , including photocopying , recording or any information storage or retrieval system , without prior permission in writing from the publisher . Queries regarding rights and permissions should be ...
Pagina ix
... means to be human in light of our biblical heritage . René Girard offers a new way of seeing ourselves and our biblical heritage . His method is to begin , not with theology or the revelation of God , but with an understanding of human ...
... means to be human in light of our biblical heritage . René Girard offers a new way of seeing ourselves and our biblical heritage . His method is to begin , not with theology or the revelation of God , but with an understanding of human ...
Pagina xi
... mean by " scandal " ? Answer : " Scandal " translates words from both Hebrew and Greek that mean “ stumbling block , " something that people stumble over . ( It can also mean “ trap " or " snare , " a closely related meaning . ) Girard ...
... mean by " scandal " ? Answer : " Scandal " translates words from both Hebrew and Greek that mean “ stumbling block , " something that people stumble over . ( It can also mean “ trap " or " snare , " a closely related meaning . ) Girard ...
Pagina xvi
... means cooperation in the task of survival , there is greater prosperity . Girard calls the transferring of blame onto the victim and then the transferring of credit for the new peace and prosperity “ double transference . " Now if the ...
... means cooperation in the task of survival , there is greater prosperity . Girard calls the transferring of blame onto the victim and then the transferring of credit for the new peace and prosperity “ double transference . " Now if the ...
Pagina xvii
... means that from the standpoint of the narratives , God takes the side of the victim . Not all narratives do this , but a new perspective emerges in Israel . What the people or crowd want is to justify itself and its past , and they do ...
... means that from the standpoint of the narratives , God takes the side of the victim . Not all narratives do this , but a new perspective emerges in Israel . What the people or crowd want is to justify itself and its past , and they do ...
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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