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 1
... truth never revealed before , the innocence not only of Jesus but of all similar victims . As soon as we detect the concealed scapegoating behind mythol- ogy , all recurrent features of mythical heroes make sense : their frequent ...
... truth never revealed before , the innocence not only of Jesus but of all similar victims . As soon as we detect the concealed scapegoating behind mythol- ogy , all recurrent features of mythical heroes make sense : their frequent ...
Pagina 2
... truth will ultimately make the entire cycle of satanic violence visible to all people and therefore inoperative . The " kingdom of Satan " will give way to the " kingdom of God . " Thanks to Jesus ' death , the Spirit of God , alias the ...
... truth will ultimately make the entire cycle of satanic violence visible to all people and therefore inoperative . The " kingdom of Satan " will give way to the " kingdom of God . " Thanks to Jesus ' death , the Spirit of God , alias the ...
Pagina 3
... truth of the Judeo - Christian tradition . Since all this knowledge comes from the Gospels , the present book can define itself as a defense of our Judaic and Christian tradition , as an apology of Christianity rooted in what amounts to ...
... truth of the Judeo - Christian tradition . Since all this knowledge comes from the Gospels , the present book can define itself as a defense of our Judaic and Christian tradition , as an apology of Christianity rooted in what amounts to ...
Pagina 12
... truth of cultural relativism . The cultures that do not tolerate twins confuse their natural resemblance in the biological order with the leveling effects of mimetic rivalries . The more these rivalries are aggravated , the more the ...
... truth of cultural relativism . The cultures that do not tolerate twins confuse their natural resemblance in the biological order with the leveling effects of mimetic rivalries . The more these rivalries are aggravated , the more the ...
Pagina 20
... truth that is re- enacted again and again in human relations . The paradox is that the resistance itself brings about the reenactment . PILATE HIMSELF is also ruled by mimetic contagion . He would prefer to spare Jesus . If the Gospels ...
... truth that is re- enacted again and again in human relations . The paradox is that the resistance itself brings about the reenactment . PILATE HIMSELF is also ruled by mimetic contagion . He would prefer to spare Jesus . If the Gospels ...
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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