I See Satan Falling Like Lightning

Girard, Rene

ISBN 10: 1570753199 / ISBN 13: 9781570753190

Published by Orbis, 2001

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: I See Satan Falling Like Lightning
• Publisher: Orbis
• Publication Date: 2001
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1570753199
• ISBN 13: 9781570753190
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: good

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Synopsis

Rene Girard holds up the gospels as a mirror to reflect our broken humanity and, in the same frame, they reveal the 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 its compass, pointing us in the right direction regardless of where we start. The title echoes Jesus' words (Luke 10:18): I saw Satan falling like lightning from heaven. Girard persuades the reader that even as our world grows increasingly violent the power of the Christ 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.