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 xiii
... stories is important . In fact , he calls the present study an essay in comparative religion . However , the comparative study of religion has typically missed the mark in two respects : ( 1 ) ... story of Jesus are real . To Foreword xiii.
... stories is important . In fact , he calls the present study an essay in comparative religion . However , the comparative study of religion has typically missed the mark in two respects : ( 1 ) ... story of Jesus are real . To Foreword xiii.
Pagina xiv
and the Gospel story of Jesus are real . To name the most obvious one : the god or hero dies and rises again . There is also a similar- ity between myths in which the central figure is dismembered and consumed and the Christian ...
and the Gospel story of Jesus are real . To name the most obvious one : the god or hero dies and rises again . There is also a similar- ity between myths in which the central figure is dismembered and consumed and the Christian ...
Pagina xvii
... story , the persecutors fear the person in question and are jealous of him . This is mimetic desire at work . The brothers of Joseph compete with him for the favor of their father , Jacob , but Jacob dotes on Joseph . The brothers ...
... story , the persecutors fear the person in question and are jealous of him . This is mimetic desire at work . The brothers of Joseph compete with him for the favor of their father , Jacob , but Jacob dotes on Joseph . The brothers ...
Pagina xviii
... story of Cain and Abel . Because Cain murders his brother , God bans him from the soil , making him a wanderer on the earth , and God puts a mark on him , a sign to protect him from suffering what he made Abel suffer . Then Cain builds ...
... story of Cain and Abel . Because Cain murders his brother , God bans him from the soil , making him a wanderer on the earth , and God puts a mark on him , a sign to protect him from suffering what he made Abel suffer . Then Cain builds ...
Pagina xix
... story is not a myth uniting the entire 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 ...
... story is not a myth uniting the entire 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 ...
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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