I See Satan Fall Like Lightning (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781570753190)

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.

Author: Rene Girard
ISBN-10: 1570753199
ISBN-13: 9781570753190
Publisher: Orbis Books
Language: English
Published: 02/07/2001
Pages: 199
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.70lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.14w x 0.66d

Review Citation(s):
Christian Century 12/12/2001 pg. 24