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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... religious relativists . That is why Christians have always denied or minimized their importance , with disastrous results . I argue that these similarities should be boldly explored . Far from threatening Christian uniqueness , they ...
... religious relativists . That is why Christians have always denied or minimized their importance , with disastrous results . I argue that these similarities should be boldly explored . Far from threatening Christian uniqueness , they ...
Pagina 2
... religion fall into place like the pieces of a puzzle , a great many puzzles . What I propose illuminates the divergences as well as the con- vergences between the biblical and the mythical , not merely the innocence of the victims ...
... religion fall into place like the pieces of a puzzle , a great many puzzles . What I propose illuminates the divergences as well as the con- vergences between the biblical and the mythical , not merely the innocence of the victims ...
Pagina 3
... religions , not only many neglected features of the Gospels , but above all the relationship between the two , the ... religious tradition , which is an essential component of religious faith . This consequence is only indirect , however ...
... religions , not only many neglected features of the Gospels , but above all the relationship between the two , the ... religious tradition , which is an essential component of religious faith . This consequence is only indirect , however ...
Pagina 8
... religious prohibitions ? Doesn't the tenth commandment succumb to that gratuitous itch to prohibit , to that irrational hatred of freedom for which modern thinkers blame religion in general and the Judeo - Christian tradition in ...
... religious prohibitions ? Doesn't the tenth commandment succumb to that gratuitous itch to prohibit , to that irrational hatred of freedom for which modern thinkers blame religion in general and the Judeo - Christian tradition in ...
Pagina 17
... religious . The phrase " Scandal must come " ( see Matt . 18 : 7 ) has nothing to do with either ancient fatalism or scientific determinism . Taken 2. Girard uses mimétisme here , for which English has no equivalent . In his usage it ...
... religious . The phrase " Scandal must come " ( see Matt . 18 : 7 ) has nothing to do with either ancient fatalism or scientific determinism . Taken 2. Girard uses mimétisme here , for which English has no equivalent . In his usage it ...
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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