Title: Je vois Satan tomber comme l'éclair
First published: 1999
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.
Subjects: Christianity, Crucifixion, Myth, Religious aspects, Religious aspects of Violence, Scapegoat, Violence, Crucifiement, Aspect religieux, Christianisme, Mythe, Bouc émissaire, Myths, Crucifixion of Jesus Christ, Jesus christ, crucifixion
People: Jesus Christ
LC classification: BT736.15 .G575 1999