Religious Traditions, Violence and Nonviolence

McClymond, Michael J.; Freedman, David Noel

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“…When I began writing about sacrifice twenty-odd years ago, I focused on ancient non-Christian priestly texts. 76 Studying sacrifice mattered because, as a category within the study of religion, it exemplified how one religious tradition-Christianity, specifically Protestant Christianity-not only dominated the content of our field's work, but also shaped the framework through which we interpreted religious phenomena. When people said "sacrifice", they meant it in a Christian way, involving atonement, the death of an innocent, and violence that was divinely transformed into a spiritual "good".…”

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“Sacrifice” in the Trump Era

McClymond

2019

Religions

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This article examines public conversations about sacrifice involving Donald Trump, his supporters and his critics. The author demonstrates that Trump, as a candidate and while president, has used specific discursive strategies in defining, ignoring and denigrating sacrificial acts. These strategies, as played out in conversations about sacrifice, distinguish Trump from previous presidents, maintaining his position as a “Washington outsider” even while in office and reinforcing his alignment with his base while isolating other communities within the country and sidelining the mainstream media. In redefining, dismissing and denigrating sacrifice, he undercuts prominent institutions (Congress, mainstream media) and publicly devalues specific communities within the United States.

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“Sacrifice” in the Trump Era

McClymond

2019

Religions

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“…Other scholars have raised the concern that the term sacrifice itself is problematically vague and theological. They call for more critical reflexivity in our scholarly use of this term (Frankfurter 2011;McClymond 2008McClymond , 2011a; McGowan 2014b; Modéus 2005;Rives 2011).…”

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“…One reason for this privileging of animal offerings is the special symbolic role blood came to serve in ancient Judean religion and, more importantly, early Christianity (Biale 2007;Gilders 2004;Stowers 1998). Several recent scholars have called into question the separation and privileging of animal offerings (McClymond 2008;Bruit Zaidman 2005). Thus, the two main current trends present in many of the works discussed below are a reintegration of animal sacrifices with other forms of offerings, and a recontexualization of all sacrifices, animal and non-animal, within broader historical, economic and social contexts.…”

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Sacrifice in the Ancient Mediterranean: Recent and Current Research

Ullucci

2015

Currents in Biblical Research

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This essay provides a summary and critical assessment of scholarship on sacrifice in the ancient Mediterranean over the last two decades. It focuses on Greek, Roman, Judean and Christian evidence from approximately the eighth century bce to the fifth century ce. Significant attention is paid to theoretical models, which have deeply affected the study of sacrifice. Archeological evidence for sacrifice is considered. The following areas of current scholarly debate are addressed and assessed: (1) the reach and role of religious experts;(2) sacrifice as communication and failed sacrifice; (3) the notion of spiritualization; (4) metaphorical and symbolic uses of sacrifice; and (5) sacrifice and identity. Sacrifice is theorized not as a static category or ontological thing, but a nexus of competitive ritualizations and/or discursive claims, the boundaries of which were actively contested by ancient practitioners and cultural producers.

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Religious Traditions, Violence and Nonviolence

Cited by 2 publications

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“Sacrifice” in the Trump Era

“Sacrifice” in the Trump Era

Sacrifice in the Ancient Mediterranean: Recent and Current Research

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