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I see Satan fall like lightning

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  • Author: Girard, René
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    2001
    Summary:

    René 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.

    Original Publisher: Maryknoll, N.Y., Ottawa, Ontario, Leominster, Herefordshire, Orbis Books, Novalis, Gracewing
    Language(s): English