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.

Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: Orbis Books
Published: 02/07/2001
ISBN: 9781570753190
Pages: 199
Weight: 0.82lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.14w x 0.66d

Review Citations: Christian Century 12/12/2001 pg. 24