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 xi
... person closely enough , we will want to have what the model has or be what the model is . If this is carried far ... persons feel themselves blocked or obstructed as they desire some specific object of power , prestige , or property that ...
... person closely enough , we will want to have what the model has or be what the model is . If this is carried far ... persons feel themselves blocked or obstructed as they desire some specific object of power , prestige , or property that ...
Pagina xii
... person . One way to put this , in the language of the Bible , especially the Gospels , is that this entire single victim process is the work of Satan . Indeed , it is Satan . 4. What or who is Satan , and how is he related to scandal ...
... person . One way to put this , in the language of the Bible , especially the Gospels , is that this entire single victim process is the work of Satan . Indeed , it is Satan . 4. What or who is Satan , and how is he related to scandal ...
Pagina xv
... person . Indeed , we know that two kinds of practice or enactment emerged over time as the human ability to ... persons be selected , set aside for a period , beaten , and then murdered . So sacrifice and scapegoating are two different ...
... person . Indeed , we know that two kinds of practice or enactment emerged over time as the human ability to ... persons be selected , set aside for a period , beaten , and then murdered . So sacrifice and scapegoating are two different ...
Pagina xvii
... person is unjustly accused of some offense or crime . Or , as in the case of the Joseph story , the persecutors fear the person in question and are jealous of him . This is mimetic desire at work . The brothers of Joseph compete with ...
... person is unjustly accused of some offense or crime . Or , as in the case of the Joseph story , the persecutors fear the person in question and are jealous of him . This is mimetic desire at work . The brothers of Joseph compete with ...
Pagina xviii
... person , god or hero , is acclaimed , blamed for a crisis , put to death ( usually by other divine beings ) , and rises again . The resurrection of the god or hero brings new blessings on the community , new peace and order . Though the ...
... person , god or hero , is acclaimed , blamed for a crisis , put to death ( usually by other divine beings ) , and rises again . The resurrection of the god or hero brings new blessings on the community , new peace and order . Though the ...
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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