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Title: I See Satan Fall Like Lightning by Rene Girard, James G. Williams ISBN: 1-57075-319-9 Publisher: Orbis Books Pub. Date: April, 2001 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $20.00 |
Average Customer Rating: 4 (4 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: Girard at his most brilliant
Comment: Over the course of his long career, Girard has moved from literary criticism to anthropology to Biblical exegesis. This work of comparative religion sees him at his clearest and most brilliant as he compares the Gospel readings of violence to mythological interpretations that conceal the role mimetic desire plays in our conflicts. Especially revealing is a late chapter on "the concern for victims," the absolute value of modern culture. But it is in the book's final pages, where Girard finally postulates the existence of a power superior to violent contagion, that I See Satan Fall Like Lightning becomes truly great. This is a work of superb intelligence, among the most powerful and thought-provoking I have ever read.
Rating: 3
Summary: Won't convince the skeptical
Comment: Overall, this is an interesting, concise presentation of the anthropological importance of the contents of biblical narratives as contrasted with the the other narratives close in proximity in the general sectarian milieu from which the Bible emerged. Though a certain way of thinking and approaching the texts is explored that is itself dynamic and inspiring, it fails to be more than merely rhetorically convincing. Strangly, Girard claims throughout his text that his observations and interpretations are neither apologetic or biased towards Christian interpretation but, rather, scientific. While it is plausible that the scientific side of his argument has been established in greater detail by those that endorse his theories about mimetic desire culminating violence in human societies and as the foundation of human society, it's not contained in these pages. Nonetheless, this still serves as an interesting introduction to Girard's ideas being both short and straightforward.
Rating: 4
Summary: Not for the fundamentally weak
Comment: Girard provides a complex study of mimetic rivalry/contagion which serves to glorify the "Victory of the Cross". Although these observations are interesting, they contain one essential flaw: the Crucifixion should be mentally accessible to all mankind. These lofty observations are certainly not easy to comprehend. God intended for everyone on earth to understand the purpose of the Christ's death. The ideas asserted by Girard are definitely for the intellectual community.
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Title: Things Hidden Since the Foundation of the World by Rene Girard, Michael Metteer, Stephen Bann ISBN: 0804722153 Publisher: Stanford Univ Pr Pub. Date: January, 1994 List Price(USD): $24.95 |
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Title: The Girard Reader by Rene Girard, James G. Williams, James Wiliams ISBN: 0824516346 Publisher: Crossroad/Herder & Herder Pub. Date: February, 1997 List Price(USD): $24.95 |
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Title: The Scapegoat by Rene Girard, Yvonne Freccero ISBN: 0801839173 Publisher: Johns Hopkins Univ Pr Pub. Date: August, 1989 List Price(USD): $20.95 |
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Title: Violence Unveiled: Humanity at the Crossroads by Gil Bailie ISBN: 0824516451 Publisher: Crossroad/Herder & Herder Pub. Date: February, 1997 List Price(USD): $24.95 |
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Title: Violence and the Sacred by Rene Girard, Patrick Gregory ISBN: 0801822181 Publisher: Johns Hopkins Univ Pr Pub. Date: February, 1979 List Price(USD): $20.95 |
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