Description
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.
Author: Rene Girard
Publisher: Orbis Books
Published: 2/7/2001
Pages: 199
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.7 lbs
Size: 9″ H x 6.14″ L x 0.66″ W
ISBN: 9781570753190
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