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I See Satan Fall Like Lightning

Rene Girard

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.

Book Details

  • Publisher: Orbis Books
  • Publish Date: Feb 7th, 2001
  • Pages: 199
  • Language: English
  • Edition: undefined - undefined
  • Dimensions: 9.00in - 6.14in - 0.66in - 0.70lb
  • EAN: 9781570753190
  • Categories: Christian Theology - GeneralChristianity - Catholic - GeneralAnthropology - General