I See Satan Fall Like Lightning

by Rene Girard, James G. Williams

Overview

American Society of Missiology Series No. 15, In this revised edition, Bonk offers new reflections light of a changed situation now marked by increases in the number of short-term missioners and in the numbers of Asians, Africans, and Latin Americans lea

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781608331581
Publisher:	Orbis
Publication date:	03/22/2013
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Sales rank:	336,907
File size:	415 KB

Table of Contents

	Foreword	ix
	Introduction	1
Part 1	The Biblical Knowledge of Violence
1.	Scandal Must Come	7
2.	The Cycle of Mimetic Violence	19
3.	Satan	32
Part 2	The Enigma of Myth Resolved
4.	The Horrible Miracle of Apollonius of Tyana	49
5.	Mythology	62
6.	Sacrifice	71
7.	The Founding Murder	82
8.	Powers and Principalities	95
Part 3	The Victory of the Cross
9.	The Uniqueness of the Bible	103
10.	The Uniqueness of the Gospels	121
11.	The Triumph of the Cross	137
12.	Scapegoat	154
13.	The Modern Concern for Victims	161
14.	The Twofold Nietzschean Heritage	170
	Conclusion	182
	Index	195