| I See Satan Fall Like Lightning Contributor(s): Girard, Rene (Author), Williams, James G. (Translator) |
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ISBN: 1570753199 ISBN-13: 9781570753190 Publisher: Orbis Books OUR PRICE: $23.40 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: February 2001 Annotation: 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. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Religion | Christian Theology - General - Religion | Christianity - Catholic - Social Science | Anthropology - General |
| Dewey: 230 |
| LCCN: 00050182 |
| Physical Information: 0.66" H x 6.14" W x 9" (0.70 lbs) 199 pages |
| Themes: - Theometrics - Catholic - Theometrics - Mainline - Religious Orientation - Catholic - Religious Orientation - Christian |