Je vois Satan tomber comme l'éclair
About this book
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.
Subjects
- aspect religieux
- bouc émissaire
- christianisme
- christianity
- crucifiement
- crucifixion
- crucifixion of jesus christ
- jesus christ, crucifixion
- myth
- mythe
- myths
- religious aspects
- religious aspects of violence
- scapegoat
- violence