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
... revelation of God , but with an understanding of human beings and human relations that the Bible and the early Christian tradition disclose . This understanding of humankind he articulates is an anthropology ( " anthropologos , " or ...
... revelation of God , but with an understanding of human beings and human relations that the Bible and the early Christian tradition disclose . This understanding of humankind he articulates is an anthropology ( " anthropologos , " or ...
Pagina x
... revelation is radicalized : God himself , the Word become flesh in Jesus , becomes the victim . The innocent victim who is crucified is vindicated through his resurrection from the dead . The disciples of Jesus finally undergo a ...
... revelation is radicalized : God himself , the Word become flesh in Jesus , becomes the victim . The innocent victim who is crucified is vindicated through his resurrection from the dead . The disciples of Jesus finally undergo a ...
Pagina xx
... revelation of God in Jesus Christ that the Gospels and the early oral tradition attest . The Jewish Scriptures , the Law and the Prophets , had already wit- nessed that God opposes idolatry and stands on the side of the oppressed and ...
... revelation of God in Jesus Christ that the Gospels and the early oral tradition attest . The Jewish Scriptures , the Law and the Prophets , had already wit- nessed that God opposes idolatry and stands on the side of the oppressed and ...
Pagina xxii
... revelation from his own thinking and view of culture and the state . We can see this clearly not only in his writings but also in his commitment to the Nazi party . But likewise in the case of Heidegger his followers tend not to raise ...
... revelation from his own thinking and view of culture and the state . We can see this clearly not only in his writings but also in his commitment to the Nazi party . But likewise in the case of Heidegger his followers tend not to raise ...
Pagina xxiii
... revelation through Jesus Christ of the victim mechanism and the way into God's new community of love and nonviolence . But Satan has a tremendous ability to adapt to what God does and to imitate God , and so Satan - the ancient and ...
... revelation through Jesus Christ of the victim mechanism and the way into God's new community of love and nonviolence . But Satan has a tremendous ability to adapt to what God does and to imitate God , and so Satan - the ancient and ...
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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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