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Sacrifice in Judaism, Christianity, and Islam (Hardcover)
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Sacrifice in Judaism, Christianity, and Islam (Hardcover)
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An examination of the practice and philosophy of sacrifice in three
religious traditions In the book of Genesis, God tests the faith of
the Hebrew patriarch Abraham by demanding that he sacrifice the
life of his beloved son, Isaac. Bound by common admiration for
Abraham, the religious traditions of Judaism, Christianity, and
Islam also promote the practice of giving up human and natural
goods to attain religious ideals. Each tradition negotiates the
moral dilemmas posed by Abraham's story in different ways, while
retaining the willingness to perform sacrifice as an identifying
mark of religious commitment. This book considers the way in which
Jews, Christians, and Muslims refer to "sacrifice"-not only as
ritual offerings, but also as the donation of goods, discipline,
suffering, and martyrdom. Weddle highlights objections to sacrifice
within these traditions as well, presenting voices of dissent and
protest in the name of ethical duty. Sacrifice forfeits concrete
goods for abstract benefits, a utopian vision of human community,
thereby sparking conflict with those who do not share the same
ideals. Weddle places sacrifice in the larger context of the
worldviews of Judaism, Christianity, and Islam, using this nearly
universal religious act as a means of examining similarities of
practice and differences of meaning among these important world
religions. This book takes the concept of sacrifice across these
three religions, and offers a cross-cultural approach to
understanding its place in history and deep-rooted traditions.
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