I See Satan Fall Like Lightning

Name: I See Satan Fall Like Lightning
Brand: Orbis Books
SKU: 53199
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Author: Rene Girard
ISBN: 9781570753190

By: Rene Girard

Orbis Books / 2001 / Paperback

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"Rene Girard brings our attentin to three facts without which we will never make sense of our lives, our world or our faith, namely: the role violence has played in cultural life, the role mimesis plays in psychological and social life, and the role the Bible plays in revealing both of these things and showing us how to deal with them. If you want to restore your hope and rekindle your faith, this is the book to read." -Gil Baile, author of Violence Unveiled

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Title: I See Satan Fall Like Lightning
By: Rene Girard
Format: Paperback
Number of Pages: 256
Vendor: Orbis Books
Publication Date: 2001

Dimensions: 0.00 X 0.00 X 0.00 (inches)
Weight: 11 ounces
ISBN: 1570753199
ISBN-13: 9781570753190
Stock No: WW53199

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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.