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 xvi
... time the human ability to think critically had emerged in prophetic preaching or philosophical criticism , the origins of religion and culture were screened , covered , concealed , disguised . It's all there in the texts xvi Foreword.
... time the human ability to think critically had emerged in prophetic preaching or philosophical criticism , the origins of religion and culture were screened , covered , concealed , disguised . It's all there in the texts xvi Foreword.
Pagina xviii
... prophets oppose sacrifice , connecting it to shedding of blood ( Isa . 1:15 ; Hos . 6 : 6-8 ) and de- nouncing the offering of children as victims ( Mic . 6 : 7 ; Jer . 32:35 ) . The greatest prophetic figure of all , prior to Jesus ...
... prophets oppose sacrifice , connecting it to shedding of blood ( Isa . 1:15 ; Hos . 6 : 6-8 ) and de- nouncing the offering of children as victims ( Mic . 6 : 7 ; Jer . 32:35 ) . The greatest prophetic figure of all , prior to Jesus ...
Pagina xx
... Prophets , had already wit- nessed that God opposes idolatry and stands on the side of the oppressed and those who are unjustly accused of crimes . Two good examples of the narrative witness to the God who comes to the aid of victims ...
... Prophets , had already wit- nessed that God opposes idolatry and stands on the side of the oppressed and those who are unjustly accused of crimes . Two good examples of the narrative witness to the God who comes to the aid of victims ...
Pagina 20
... prophets that their fathers killed . The spectacular demonstrations of piety toward the victims of our predecessors frequently conceal a wish to justify ourselves at their expense : " If we had lived in the time of our fathers , " the ...
... prophets that their fathers killed . The spectacular demonstrations of piety toward the victims of our predecessors frequently conceal a wish to justify ourselves at their expense : " If we had lived in the time of our fathers , " the ...
Pagina 25
... prophets before him . Many people now think that if the Gospels report the death of Jesus as similar to that of the prophets , their goal is to stigmatize the Jewish people alone . This is of course The Cycle of Mimetic Violence 25.
... prophets before him . Many people now think that if the Gospels report the death of Jesus as similar to that of the prophets , their goal is to stigmatize the Jewish people alone . This is of course The Cycle of Mimetic Violence 25.
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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