I See Satan Fall Like Lightning
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.
Product Information
General Fields
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- : Orbis Books (USA)
- : Orbis Books (USA)
- : 0.372
- : 01 May 2001
- : 229mm X 156mm X 17mm
- : United States
- : books
Special Fields
- : 199
- : 230
- : Paperback / softback
- : Andrew B Hammond Professor of French Language Literature and Civilization Rene Girard (Stanford University)