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 ix
... present human condition . Girard retired in 1996 after a distinguished teaching career , most recently at Stanford University . He is well known in his native France , where one of his books , Things Hidden since the Foundation of the ...
... present human condition . Girard retired in 1996 after a distinguished teaching career , most recently at Stanford University . He is well known in his native France , where one of his books , Things Hidden since the Foundation of the ...
Pagina x
... present the clothing ( bodies ) that suggests what their admirers should desire . The desire that lives through imitation almost always leads to conflict , and this conflict frequently leads to violence . The Bible unveils this process ...
... present the clothing ( bodies ) that suggests what their admirers should desire . The desire that lives through imitation almost always leads to conflict , and this conflict frequently leads to violence . The Bible unveils this process ...
Pagina xiii
... present study an essay in comparative religion . However , the comparative study of religion has typically missed the mark in two respects : ( 1 ) it has failed to notice that myths disguise real violence , and ( 2 ) it has usually ...
... present study an essay in comparative religion . However , the comparative study of religion has typically missed the mark in two respects : ( 1 ) it has failed to notice that myths disguise real violence , and ( 2 ) it has usually ...
Pagina 3
... present book can define itself as a defense of our Judaic and Christian tradition , as an apology of Christianity rooted in what amounts to a Gospel - inspired breakthrough in the field of social science , not of theology . Since this ...
... present book can define itself as a defense of our Judaic and Christian tradition , as an apology of Christianity rooted in what amounts to a Gospel - inspired breakthrough in the field of social science , not of theology . Since this ...
Pagina 9
... present at the intellectual process of its elaboration . To pre- vent people from fighting , the lawgiver seeks at first to forbid all the objects about which they ceaselessly fight , and he decides to make a list of these . However ...
... present at the intellectual process of its elaboration . To pre- vent people from fighting , the lawgiver seeks at first to forbid all the objects about which they ceaselessly fight , and he decides to make a list of these . However ...
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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