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
... 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 developing to a breaking point Foreword xi.
... 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 developing to a breaking point Foreword xi.
Pagina xii
... turn triggers the identifi- cation of a victim , someone who is weak or in some way marginal enough that the community can eliminate him or her without fear of reprisal . Satan as the " prince " or " first one " of this world is the ...
... turn triggers the identifi- cation of a victim , someone who is weak or in some way marginal enough that the community can eliminate him or her without fear of reprisal . Satan as the " prince " or " first one " of this world is the ...
Pagina xix
... turn against him . It is the old mimetic scapegoating situation of all against one . Even his disciples turn against Jesus . One betrays him , another denies he is one of Jesus ' followers , and all the others desert him . So Jesus ...
... turn against him . It is the old mimetic scapegoating situation of all against one . Even his disciples turn against Jesus . One betrays him , another denies he is one of Jesus ' followers , and all the others desert him . So Jesus ...
Pagina 9
... turns to what never changes . Or rather , he turns to that one who is always present , the neighbor . One always desires whatever belongs to that one , the neighbor . Since the objects we should not desire and nevertheless do desire ...
... turns to what never changes . Or rather , he turns to that one who is always present , the neighbor . One always desires whatever belongs to that one , the neighbor . Since the objects we should not desire and nevertheless do desire ...
Pagina 10
... turn engenders imitation . The appearance of a rival seems to validate the desire , the immense value of the object desired . Imitation becomes intensified at the heart of the hostility , but the rivals do all they can to conceal from ...
... turn engenders imitation . The appearance of a rival seems to validate the desire , the immense value of the object desired . Imitation becomes intensified at the heart of the hostility , but the rivals do all they can to conceal from ...
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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