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 ix
... understanding of human beings and human relations that the Bible and the early Christian tradition disclose . This understanding of humankind he articulates is an anthropology ( " anthropologos , " or discourse about what it means to be ...
... understanding of human beings and human relations that the Bible and the early Christian tradition disclose . This understanding of humankind he articulates is an anthropology ( " anthropologos , " or discourse about what it means to be ...
Pagina x
... understanding what Girard has to say about desire , sacrifice , scapegoating , Satan , and other important topics . I hope this will be helpful , especially to the reader not already familiar with his thought . 1. What is the chief ...
... understanding what Girard has to say about desire , sacrifice , scapegoating , Satan , and other important topics . I hope this will be helpful , especially to the reader not already familiar with his thought . 1. What is the chief ...
Pagina xiii
lynching a victim . Satan and scandal are key terms for understanding mythology . 5. How is mythology related to Satan and scandal ? Answer : Girard thinks comparing the various religions and their sacred stories is important . In fact ...
lynching a victim . Satan and scandal are key terms for understanding mythology . 5. How is mythology related to Satan and scandal ? Answer : Girard thinks comparing the various religions and their sacred stories is important . In fact ...
Pagina xx
... understand why the Hebrews mistrust him at first . But God speaks to him at the burn- ing bush at Mt. Horeb : " I have witnessed the affliction of my people in Egypt and have heard their cry of complaint against their slave drivers , so ...
... understand why the Hebrews mistrust him at first . But God speaks to him at the burn- ing bush at Mt. Horeb : " I have witnessed the affliction of my people in Egypt and have heard their cry of complaint against their slave drivers , so ...
Pagina 2
... understand why the prince of darkness is , among other things , the misleading accuser of innocent victims . We can also answer the famous question How can Satan expel Satan ? The prince of this world is both the violence that he must ...
... understand why the prince of darkness is , among other things , the misleading accuser of innocent victims . We can also answer the famous question How can Satan expel Satan ? The prince of this world is both the violence that he must ...
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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