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 9
... first to forbid all the objects about which they ceaselessly fight , and he decides to make a list of these . However , he quickly perceives that the objects are too numerous : he cannot enumerate all of them . So he interrupts himself ...
... first to forbid all the objects about which they ceaselessly fight , and he decides to make a list of these . However , he quickly perceives that the objects are too numerous : he cannot enumerate all of them . So he interrupts himself ...
Pagina 12
... first : in order to avoid violence it forbids violent acts . It turns then to the cause and uncovers the desire that the neighbor inspires . The Decalogue prohibits this desire but is able to prohibit it only to the extent that the ...
... first : in order to avoid violence it forbids violent acts . It turns then to the cause and uncovers the desire that the neighbor inspires . The Decalogue prohibits this desire but is able to prohibit it only to the extent that the ...
Pagina 16
... first time , but a paradoxical obstacle that is almost impossible to avoid : the more this obstacle , or scandal , repels us , the more it attracts us . Those who are scandalized put all the more ardor in injuring themselves against it ...
... first time , but a paradoxical obstacle that is almost impossible to avoid : the more this obstacle , or scandal , repels us , the more it attracts us . Those who are scandalized put all the more ardor in injuring themselves against it ...
Pagina 18
... first scandal occurs , it gives birth to others , and the result is mimetic crises , which spread without ceasing and become worse and worse . Chapter 2 The Cycle of Mimetic Violence HE CROWD is 18 The Biblical Knowledge of Violence.
... first scandal occurs , it gives birth to others , and the result is mimetic crises , which spread without ceasing and become worse and worse . Chapter 2 The Cycle of Mimetic Violence HE CROWD is 18 The Biblical Knowledge of Violence.
Pagina 19
... first three Gospels , is the uniformity of reactions among those involved . These reactions stem from the prevailing power of the social body , or in other words mimetic contagion . In the Gospels all themes lead to the Passion ...
... first three Gospels , is the uniformity of reactions among those involved . These reactions stem from the prevailing power of the social body , or in other words mimetic contagion . In the Gospels all themes lead to the Passion ...
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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