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 8
... prohibitions ? Doesn't the tenth commandment succumb to that gratuitous itch to prohibit , to that irrational hatred of freedom for which modern thinkers blame religion in general and the Judeo - Christian tradition in particular ...
... prohibitions ? Doesn't the tenth commandment succumb to that gratuitous itch to prohibit , to that irrational hatred of freedom for which modern thinkers blame religion in general and the Judeo - Christian tradition in particular ...
Pagina 9
... prohibition , the neighbor must take the place of the objects , and indeed he does take their place in the last phrase of the sentence that prohibits no longer objects enumerated one by one but " anything that belongs to him [ the ...
... prohibition , the neighbor must take the place of the objects , and indeed he does take their place in the last phrase of the sentence that prohibits no longer objects enumerated one by one but " anything that belongs to him [ the ...
Pagina 12
... prohibitions of archaic societies in the light of the tenth commandment , we find that although they are not as lucid as the latter , they attempt likewise to prohibit mimetic desire and its rivalries . The prohibitions that appear ...
... prohibitions of archaic societies in the light of the tenth commandment , we find that although they are not as lucid as the latter , they attempt likewise to prohibit mimetic desire and its rivalries . The prohibitions that appear ...
Pagina 13
... 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 us to imitate him ; it is ...
... 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 us to imitate him ; it is ...
Pagina 14
... prohibitions . Unlike modern thinkers , he knows quite well that to avoid conflicts , it is necessary to begin with prohibitions . The disadvantage of the prohibitions , however , is that they don't finally play their role in a ...
... prohibitions . Unlike modern thinkers , he knows quite well that to avoid conflicts , it is necessary to begin with prohibitions . The disadvantage of the prohibitions , however , is that they don't finally play their role in a ...
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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