Book Summary
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.
Book Details
| Book Name | I See Satan Fall Like Lightning |
| Author | Rene Girard, James G. Williams |
| Publisher | Orbis Books (Feb 2001) |
| ISBN | 9781570753190 |
| Pages | 199 |
| Language | English |
| Price | 874 |