An edition of Je vois Satan tomber comme l'éclair (1999)

I See Satan Fall Like Lightning

by René Girard

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An edition of Je vois Satan tomber comme l'éclair (1999)

I See Satan Fall Like Lightning

by René Girard

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April 2001

Publisher

Orbis Books

Language

English

Pages

199

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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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1 Ich sah den Satan vom Himmel fallen wie einen Blitz. Eine kritische Apologie des Christentums. August 1, 2002, Hanser Belletristik Hardcover 3446202307 9783446202306	zzzz Not in Library Libraries near you: WorldCat
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3 Je vois Satan tomber comme l'éclair 1999, Grasset in French 2246267919 9782246267911	zzzz Not in Library Libraries near you: WorldCat
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First Sentence

"IN THE BIBLE, and especially in the Gospels, there is an original conception of desire and its conflicts that has gone largely unrecognized."

	Foreword
	Introduction
Part One	Biblical Knowledge of Violence
Chapter 1	Scandals Must Come
Chapter 2	The Cycle of Mimetic Violence
Chapter 3	Satan
Part Two	The Enigma of Myth Resolved
Chapter 4	The Horrible Miracle of Apollonius of Tyana
Chapter 5	Mythology
Chapter 6	Sacrifice
Chapter 7	The Founding Murder
Chapter 8	Powers and Principalities
Part Three	The Victory of the Cross
Chapter 9	The Uniquenesss of the Bible
Chapter 10	The Uniqueness of the Gospels
Chapter 11	The Triumph of the Cross
Chapter 12	Scapegoat
Chapter 13	The Modern Concern for Victims
Chapter 14	The Twofold Nietzschean Heritage
	Conclusion

Classifications

Library of Congress: BT736.15 .G57514 2001, BT 736.15 .G57514 2001

Contributors

Foreword: James G. Williams
Translator: James G. Williams

The Physical Object

Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 199
Dimensions: 10 x 7 x 0.6 inches

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Open Library: OL8698700M
Internet Archive: iseesatanfalllik0000gira
ISBN 10: 1570753199
ISBN 13: 9781570753190
LCCN: 00050182
OCLC/WorldCat: 45172749
Library Thing: 46970
Goodreads: 242319

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