I see Satan fall like lightning / René Girard ; translated, with a foreword, by James G. Williams.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Girard, René, 1923-2015.

Contributor:

EBSCOhost.

Standardized Title:

Je vois Satan tomber comme l'éclair. English

Language:

English

French

Subjects (All):

Jesus Christ--Crucifixion.

Jesus Christ.

Crucifixion.

Crucifixion of Jesus Christ.

Violence--Religious aspects--Christianity.

Violence.

Myth.

Scapegoat.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xxiv, 199 pages.)

Place of Publication:

Maryknoll, N.Y. : Orbis Books ; Ottawa : Novalis ; Leominster, Herefordshire : Gracewing, [2001]

Language Note:

Translated from the French.

System Details:

text file

Summary:

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.

Contents:

pt. 1. The biblical knowledge of violence: Scandal must come. The cycle of mimetic violence. Satan

pt. 2. The enigmal of myth resolved: The horrible miracle of Appolonius of Tyana. Mythology. Sacrifice. The founding murder. Powers and principalities

pt. 3. The victory of the cross: The uniqueness of the Bible. The uniqueness of the Gospels. The triumph of the cross. Scapegoat. The modern concern for victims. The twofold Nietzschean heritage.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Electronic reproduction. Ipswich, MA Available via World Wide Web.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9781608331581

160833158X

Publisher Number:

99984103385

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.