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Civic Rites explores the religious origins of Western democracy by examining the government of fifth-century BCE Athens in the larger context of ancient Greece and the eastern Mediterranean. Deftly combining history, politics, and religion to weave together stories of democracy's first leaders and critics, Nancy Evans gives readers a contemporary's perspective on Athenian society. She vividly depicts the physical environment and the ancestral rituals that nourished the people of the earliest democratic state, demonstrating how religious concerns were embedded in Athenian governmental processes. The book's lucid portrayals of the best-known Athenian festivals-honoring Athena, Demeter, and Dionysus-offer a balanced view of Athenian ritual and illustrate the range of such customs in fifth-century Athens.
Democracy --- Religion and politics --- History --- Religious aspects --- Athens (Greece) --- Greece --- Politics and government. --- Politics and government --- Religion. --- alcibiades. --- ancient greece. --- athena. --- athenian life. --- athens. --- civic life. --- classical greece. --- demeter. --- democracy. --- democratic institutions. --- dionysus. --- festivals and games. --- greek gods. --- greek scholars. --- incantation. --- institutional religion. --- polytheism. --- private spheres. --- profaning of eleusinian mysteries. --- public spheres. --- religion and politics. --- religious cults. --- religious practices. --- retrospective. --- rites and rituals. --- ritual sacrifice. --- trial of socrates. --- world religion.
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"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. Delaney critically examines evidence from Jewish, Christian, and Muslim interpretations, from archaeology and Freudian theory, as well as a recent trial in which a father sacrificed his child in obedience to God's voice, and shows how the meaning of Abraham's story is bound up with a specific notion of fatherhood. The preeminence of the father (which is part of the meaning of the name Abraham) comes from the still operative theory of procreation in which men transmit life by means of their 'seed, ' an image that encapsulates the generative, creative power that symbolically allies men with God. The communities of faith argue interminably about who is the true seed of Abraham, who can claim the patrimony, but until now, no one has asked what is this seed. Kinship and origin myths, the cultural construction of fatherhood and motherhood, suspicions of actual child sacrifices in ancient times, and a revisiting of Freud's Oedipus complex all contribute to Delaney's remarkably rich discussion. She shows how the story of Abraham legitimates a hierarchical structure of authority, a specific form of family, definitions of gender, and the value of obedience that have become the bedrock of society. The question she leaves us with is whether we should perpetuate this story and the lessons it teaches."--Publisher's information.
Paternite --- Sacrifice d'enfants --- Aspect religieux --- Aspect religieux --- Abraham --- Isaac --- Abraham --- Isaac --- Abraham --- Isaac --- Sacrifice. --- Sacrifice. --- Qurʼan. --- Coran --- Bible --- Qurʼan. --- Bible. --- Critique, interpretation, etc. --- Histoire. --- Critique, interpretation, etc. --- Histoire. --- Criticism, interpretation, etc. --- History. --- Criticism, interpretation, etc. --- History. --- Abraham, Karl. --- Adam. --- Aristotle. --- Bakan, David. --- Book of Jubilees. --- Cain. --- Day, John. --- Douglas, Mary. --- Engels, Friedrich. --- Freud, Jakob. --- Galatians (Biblical book). --- Gentiles. --- Holocaust. --- Ibn Ishaq. --- Israelites. --- Jephthah. --- Jerusalem. --- Kraemer, Ross J. --- Kronos. --- Marx, Karl. --- McNeill, William. --- Nimrod. --- Passover. --- Philo of Alexandria. --- Syria. --- Tertullian. --- Turkey. --- Vermes, Geza. --- Yahweh. --- amoraim. --- atonement. --- castration. --- eighth day. --- guilt. --- infanticide. --- legal cases. --- male dominance. --- matriarchy. --- midrash halakhah. --- origins. --- orphanages. --- ritual sacrifice. --- social contract theories.
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