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 10
... become even more intense in imitating the desire of its model . Opposition exasperates desire , especially when it comes from the man or woman who inspires the desire . If no opposition initially comes from him or her , it soon will ...
... become even more intense in imitating the desire of its model . Opposition exasperates desire , especially when it comes from the man or woman who inspires the desire . If no opposition initially comes from him or her , it soon will ...
Pagina 11
... become exasper- ated , and as they do , they tend to contaminate third parties who are just as addicted as we are to the entanglements of mimetic rivalries . The principal source of violence between human beings is mi- metic rivalry ...
... become exasper- ated , and as they do , they tend to contaminate third parties who are just as addicted as we are to the entanglements of mimetic rivalries . The principal source of violence between human beings is mi- metic rivalry ...
Pagina 12
... become interchangeable at the heart of the mimetic conflict . In short , to the extent that their antagonism becomes embittered , a paradox occurs : the antagonists resemble one another more and more . They confront one another all the ...
... become interchangeable at the heart of the mimetic conflict . In short , to the extent that their antagonism becomes embittered , a paradox occurs : the antagonists resemble one another more and more . They confront one another all the ...
Pagina 13
... become the perfect image of God . There- fore he commits all his powers to imitating his Father . In inviting us to imitate him , he invites us to imitate his own imitation . Far from being a paradox , this invitation is more reasonable ...
... become the perfect image of God . There- fore he commits all his powers to imitating his Father . In inviting us to imitate him , he invites us to imitate his own imitation . Far from being a paradox , this invitation is more reasonable ...
Pagina 15
... become to our mimetic models . EVEN IF THE MIMETIC NATURE of human desire is responsible for most of the violent acts that distress us , we should not conclude that mimetic desire is bad in itself . If our desires were not mimetic ...
... become to our mimetic models . EVEN IF THE MIMETIC NATURE of human desire is responsible for most of the violent acts that distress us , we should not conclude that mimetic desire is bad in itself . If our desires were not mimetic ...
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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