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René 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. “Readers will admire the astounding way in which Girard interprets Gospel texts and ancient myths, turning our firmly anchored presumptions inside out.”—Le Nouvel Observateur “René Girard has no equal in leading readers through the basic themes of human desire and violence.”—Sud-Ouest René Girard is the author of such groundbreaking books as Violence and the Sacred and Things Hidden Since the Foundation of the World. He is the recently retired Andrew B. Hammond Professor of Language, Literature, and Civilization at Stanford University. |
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