Abraham on Trial: The Social Legacy of Biblical MythPrinceton University Press, 2000 - 333 páginas Abraham on Trial questions the foundations of faith that have made a virtue out of the willingness to sacrifice a child. Through his desire to obey God at all costs, even if it meant sacrificing his son, Abraham became the definitive model of faith for the major world religions of Judaism, Christianity, and Islam. In this bold look at the legacy of this biblical and qur'anic story, Carol Delaney explores how the sacrifice rather than the protection of children became the focus of faith, to the point where the abuse and betrayal of children has today become widespread and sometimes institutionalized. Her strikingly original analysis also offers a new perspective on what unites and divides the peoples of the sibling religions derived from Abraham and, implicitly, a way to overcome the increasing violence among them. |
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... cultural model readily avail- able , it is not so surprising that Cristos Valenti felt he must obey God's command . Yet for his willingness to comply with God's request , Cristos Valenti was brought to trial . This book puts the Abraham ...
... culturally con- structed long before the development of biology and genetics , and these older notions are still being perpetuated by popular images and senti- ments about gender and by the social arrangements , especially the family ...
... cultural mainstream . In the space of two weeks in No- vember 1992 , just when I was beginning work on this book , the story was the subject of ( 1 ) an art exhibit in Berkeley , California ; ( 2 ) a sermon deliv- ered by a minister in ...
... cultures over consider- able time . To connect it only to a particular time and locale would be to lose sight of ... culturally constituted universe . By asking new questions of well - known stories , stories that we continue to tell ...
... cultural constructions rather than reflec- tions of natural roles ; and ( c ) it discusses the power of language and what happens when we try to change it . After the first chapter , the reader may move to any of the subsequent chapters ...
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Abraham on Trial Case for the Prosecution | 17 |
Abraham as Alibi? A Trial in California | 35 |
ARCHAEOLOGICAL AND BIBLICAL EVIDENCE | 69 |
Child Sacrifice Practice or Symbol? | 71 |
Child Sacrifice in the Bible | 87 |
RELIGIOUS DEFENSES AND THEIR SILENCES | 105 |
Prolegomenon | 107 |
Jewish Traditions | 111 |
THE TESTIMONY OF PSYCHOANALYSIS | 187 |
Freuds Blind Spot | 189 |
Sa1vaging Freud | 211 |
THE SOCIAL LEGACY | 231 |
Sacrificing Our Children | 233 |
Conclusion | 251 |
Notes | 255 |
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