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The process which we see is the process of an upset which forces the gradual learning of how to become unattached from everything which seemed divine and holy, the collapse of zeal for the Lord of hosts. At the same time it leads to an apprenticeship in listening to the still, small voice, and the reinvention of a new type of zeal. (31).
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Now, here is Jesus' point: he is not only the culmination of the project, but the project itself, God made brother, offering us to become siblings, but vulnerable to fratricide. (73).
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James Alison
Born:
1959
(age 65)
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James Alison is a Catholic Christian theologian and priest. He is noted for his application of René Girard's anthropological theory to Christian theology and for his work on gay issues.
Known for:
On Being Liked (2003)
Faith Beyond Resentment (2001)
The joy of being wrong (1998)
Undergoing God (2006)
Raising Abel (1996)
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