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God, Order, and Chaos: René Girard and the Apocalypse is unavailable, but you can change that!

Readers are often disturbed by the images of destruction in the book of Revelation and unsure why they are unleashed after the exaltation of Jesus. This book examines past approaches to these texts and uses René Girard’s theories to revive some old ideas and propose some new ones.

undefined so far as humans are concerned, which lasts from Christ’s incarnation until the end of the world. Revelation as a whole refers to this period, a time characterized by the existence of the church. Andrew’s interpretation is not original and cites its predecessors. It understands Revelation to refer to events which are to occur in the last days. Andrew finds reference to seven great empires and believes that the last two are those of Rome and Constantinople and therefore thinks that the last
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