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 8
... understand that this prem- ise is false , all we have to do is to watch two children or two adults who quarrel over some trifle . It is the opposite premise , the only realistic one , that underlies the tenth commandment of the Deca ...
... understand that this prem- ise is false , all we have to do is to watch two children or two adults who quarrel over some trifle . It is the opposite premise , the only realistic one , that underlies the tenth commandment of the Deca ...
Pagina 9
... understand- ing of desire . We assume that desire is objective or subjective , but in reality it rests on a third party who gives value to the objects . This third party is usually the one who is closest , the neighbor . To maintain ...
... understand- ing of desire . We assume that desire is objective or subjective , but in reality it rests on a third party who gives value to the objects . This third party is usually the one who is closest , the neighbor . To maintain ...
Pagina 10
... understanding Girard's thought . It is what lies behind the rivalistic conflict that leads to scapegoating . One may translate it as " imitation " or " imitative desire . " However , he thinks that " mimetic " serves to highlight the ...
... understanding Girard's thought . It is what lies behind the rivalistic conflict that leads to scapegoating . One may translate it as " imitation " or " imitative desire . " However , he thinks that " mimetic " serves to highlight the ...
Pagina 16
... Understanding this strange phenomenon depends upon seeing in it what I have just described : the behavior of mimetic rivals who , as they mutually prevent each other from appropriating the object they covet , reinforce more and more ...
... Understanding this strange phenomenon depends upon seeing in it what I have just described : the behavior of mimetic rivals who , as they mutually prevent each other from appropriating the object they covet , reinforce more and more ...
Pagina 23
... fail- ures that await them , to ease their remorse , perhaps , at the moment when they will understand the shame of their individual and col- lective abandonment of Jesus : " You will all be The Cycle of Mimetic Violence 23.
... fail- ures that await them , to ease their remorse , perhaps , at the moment when they will understand the shame of their individual and col- lective abandonment of Jesus : " You will all be The Cycle of Mimetic Violence 23.
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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