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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... faith . Graduate students in my seminar , " Religion , " helped me clarify my critique of Freud , and Bill Maurer , now assistant professor at the University of California , Irvine , helped me see that one chapter should become two . I ...
... faith at the foundation of the three monotheistic ( Abrahamic ) reli- gions : Judaism , Christianity , and Islam.2 ... faith , why not the passionate protection of the child ? What would be the shape of our society had that been the ...
... faith and sacrifice , but also the nature of authority ; the basis and structure of the family , its gender definitions and roles ; and which children , under what circumstances , shall be deemed acceptable and be provided for . My ...
... faith ; one must simply make a leap of faith and believe . I am suspicious of these types of interpreta- tions and think there is another , less mysterious question that , perhaps because it is so simple , has been overlooked . Neither ...
... faith and the bedrock of society , it has created an environment that has made it seem sacrilegious to ques- tion these issues . As Abraham takes the knife to slay his son , God calls out : " Because thou hast done this thing , and hast ...
Contenido
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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