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 1
... never revealed before , the innocence not only of Jesus but of all similar victims . As soon as we detect the concealed scapegoating behind mythol- ogy , all recurrent features of mythical heroes make sense : their frequent physical ...
... never revealed before , the innocence not only of Jesus but of all similar victims . As soon as we detect the concealed scapegoating behind mythol- ogy , all recurrent features of mythical heroes make sense : their frequent physical ...
Pagina 9
... never changes . Or rather , he turns to that one who is always present , the neighbor . One always desires whatever belongs to that one , the neighbor . Since the objects we should not desire and nevertheless do desire always belong to ...
... never changes . Or rather , he turns to that one who is always present , the neighbor . One always desires whatever belongs to that one , the neighbor . Since the objects we should not desire and nevertheless do desire always belong to ...
Pagina 12
... never commit murder or adultery or theft or false witness . If we respected the tenth commandment , the four commandments that precede it would be superfluous . Rather than beginning with the cause and pursuing then the consequences ...
... never commit murder or adultery or theft or false witness . If we respected the tenth commandment , the four commandments that precede it would be superfluous . Rather than beginning with the cause and pursuing then the consequences ...
Pagina 13
... never speaks in terms of prohibitions and always in terms of models and imitation , it is because he draws out the full conse- quences of the lesson offered by the tenth commandment . It is not due to inflated self - love that he asks ...
... never speaks in terms of prohibitions and always in terms of models and imitation , it is because he draws out the full conse- quences of the lesson offered by the tenth commandment . It is not due to inflated self - love that he asks ...
Pagina 14
... never close over us . This is why Jesus says also , “ Ask , and it will be given to you ...... .. " " When Jesus declares that he does not abolish the Law but fulfills it , he articulates a logical consequence of his teaching . The goal ...
... never close over us . This is why Jesus says also , “ Ask , and it will be given to you ...... .. " " When Jesus declares that he does not abolish the Law but fulfills it , he articulates a logical consequence of his teaching . The goal ...
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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