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 xvi
... human beings out of his blood . This sounds like something that happened only in the realm of the gods , distant from human- kind . But what if the original victims were human and came to be known as gods ? This is in fact what happened ...
... human beings out of his blood . This sounds like something that happened only in the realm of the gods , distant from human- kind . But what if the original victims were human and came to be known as gods ? This is in fact what happened ...
Pagina xvii
... human communities , the fact that the victim was " sacred , " set aside to be offered up for the community , special attention was drawn to this designated person . Given the victim's inherent power in the community's eyes , if there ...
... human communities , the fact that the victim was " sacred , " set aside to be offered up for the community , special attention was drawn to this designated person . Given the victim's inherent power in the community's eyes , if there ...
Pagina xviii
... human culture . The Bible recog- nizes this in the story of Cain and Abel . Because Cain murders his brother , God bans him from the soil , making him a wanderer on the earth , and God puts a mark on him , a sign to protect him from ...
... human culture . The Bible recog- nizes this in the story of Cain and Abel . Because Cain murders his brother , God bans him from the soil , making him a wanderer on the earth , and God puts a mark on him , a sign to protect him from ...
Pagina xix
... human history continues , this satanic mechanism will be subverted more and more . The New Testament Gospels are the starting point for a new science or knowledge of humanity . This new knowledge begins with faith in Christ the in ...
... human history continues , this satanic mechanism will be subverted more and more . The New Testament Gospels are the starting point for a new science or knowledge of humanity . This new knowledge begins with faith in Christ the in ...
Pagina xxi
... human history . What began like a mustard seed or bit of leaven now begins to move in human history from its Jewish beginnings into the whole world . Friedrich Nietzsche knew this . He cast off the Christian faith of his Lutheran ...
... human history . What began like a mustard seed or bit of leaven now begins to move in human history from its Jewish beginnings into the whole world . Friedrich Nietzsche knew this . He cast off the Christian faith of his Lutheran ...
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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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