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
... social fabric will burst . Then all those involved in this tangle of rivalry turn their frustrated desire against a victim , someone who is blamed , who is identified as an offender causing scandal . The whole process of scandal ...
... social fabric will burst . Then all those involved in this tangle of rivalry turn their frustrated desire against a victim , someone who is blamed , who is identified as an offender causing scandal . The whole process of scandal ...
Pagina xiii
... social crisis , violent contagion and disorder . This fact is joined by another : the crisis is ended by violence , specifically the lynching of a victim . The lynching is covered and disguised due to the belief that lies at the very ...
... social crisis , violent contagion and disorder . This fact is joined by another : the crisis is ended by violence , specifically the lynching of a victim . The lynching is covered and disguised due to the belief that lies at the very ...
Pagina xix
... social order . But more important than structure is the perspective , the point of view , of the Gospel narratives . The chief figure , the one who teaches , dies , and rises again , is innocent of all the charges against him . All ...
... social order . But more important than structure is the perspective , the point of view , of the Gospel narratives . The chief figure , the one who teaches , dies , and rises again , is innocent of all the charges against him . All ...
Pagina 3
... social science , not of theology . Since this book vindicates the intellectual power of the Bible and Gospels , it can only increase our confidence in our religious tradition , which is an essential component of religious faith . This ...
... social science , not of theology . Since this book vindicates the intellectual power of the Bible and Gospels , it can only increase our confidence in our religious tradition , which is an essential component of religious faith . This ...
Pagina 8
... means that rivalry exists at the very heart of human social rela- tions . This rivalry , if not thwarted , would permanently endanger the harmony and even the survival of all human communities . 8 The Biblical Knowledge of Violence.
... means that rivalry exists at the very heart of human social rela- tions . This rivalry , if not thwarted , would permanently endanger the harmony and even the survival of all human communities . 8 The Biblical Knowledge of Violence.
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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