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 xix
... true conversion , particularly as narrated in Luke and Acts . The mythic power of the victim mechanism is now subverted in principle . As human history continues , this satanic mechanism will be subverted more and more . The New ...
... true conversion , particularly as narrated in Luke and Acts . The mythic power of the victim mechanism is now subverted in principle . As human history continues , this satanic mechanism will be subverted more and more . The New ...
Pagina 3
... true , the explanatory power of Jesus ' death is much greater than we realize , and Paul's exalted idea of the Cross as the source of all knowledge is anthropologically sound . The opposition between the scapegoat concealed in mythology ...
... true , the explanatory power of Jesus ' death is much greater than we realize , and Paul's exalted idea of the Cross as the source of all knowledge is anthropologically sound . The opposition between the scapegoat concealed in mythology ...
Pagina 14
... true God , but we are really imitating only false models of the independent self that cannot be wounded or defeated . Far from making ourselves independent and autonomous , we give ourselves over to never ending rivalries . The ...
... true God , but we are really imitating only false models of the independent self that cannot be wounded or defeated . Far from making ourselves independent and autonomous , we give ourselves over to never ending rivalries . The ...
Pagina 20
... political skill , " as they say . This is true , no doubt , but why does political skill almost always consist of giving in to violent contagion ? Even the two thieves crucified at either side of Jesus 20 The Biblical Knowledge of Violence.
... political skill , " as they say . This is true , no doubt , but why does political skill almost always consist of giving in to violent contagion ? Even the two thieves crucified at either side of Jesus 20 The Biblical Knowledge of Violence.
Pagina 26
... true nature and eminently typical character of the Passion . A thousand or more years ago , in an era when Christian influence had not profoundly penetrated our world , this error was more excusable than today . The anti - Semitic ...
... true nature and eminently typical character of the Passion . A thousand or more years ago , in an era when Christian influence had not profoundly penetrated our world , this error was more excusable than today . The anti - Semitic ...
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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