scholarly journals Abraham's sacrifice in the Qur'an: beyond the body

2011 ◽  
Vol 23 ◽  
pp. 55-71 ◽  
Author(s):  
Asma Barlas
Keyword(s):  
Common Ancestor ◽  
Focal Point ◽  
Family Resemblance ◽  
The Body ◽  
Christian Tradition ◽  
The Bible ◽  
The Family ◽  
History Of ◽  
Abrahamic Religions

It has been stated that the body has overtly or latently been a focal point in the history of the three Abrahamic religions’.  However, Islam’s scripture, the Qur’an, does not say that Abraham (Ibrahim in Arabic) binds his son’s body, nor is the body the focal point of the story—nor, indeed, is it of more than passing interest in Muslim history. This has lead me to question the tendency to homogenize the narrative of Abraham’s sacrifice and, by extension, the religions that claim their descent from him. There is no denying their family resemblance of course, but while the family may be Abraham’s, Abraham himself is not identical in the Qur’an and the Bible and neither are his trials. The term ‘Abrahamic religions’ is not very helpful here since, in spite of its linguistic pluralism, it obscures this crucial distinction between a genealogy that is shared and depictions of a common ancestor that are not. Nonetheless, it is more accurate than the standard alternative, ‘the Judeo-Christian tradition’, a phrase that papers over the fissures in this tradition while also excising Islam from what is surely an ‘interreligiously shared’ world. The author suggests that the only way to include Islam in this world does not have to be through an assimilative embrace that stifles its individuality; one could, instead, find ways to honour both the plurality of the Abrahamic tradition as well as the specificity of Islam within. The author recites the Qur’anic story of Abraham, as a way to unbind the lessons of his sacrifice from the body and also to illustrate the inappropriateness of using Isaac’s bound body as a universal template for all the Abrahamic religions. 

scholarly journals From Mary’s Motherhood to the Immaculate Conception: An Iconographic Analysis of Marian Art in Spain during the Tenth to Nineteenth Centuries

Religions ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 12 (12) ◽  
pp. 1061
Author(s):  
Antonio Moreno-Almárcegui ◽  
Germán Scalzo
Keyword(s):  
Cultural Revolution ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
The Body ◽  
Christian Tradition ◽  
The West ◽  
Popular Piety ◽  
Immaculate Conception ◽  
The Family ◽  
History Of ◽  
Popular Image

This article analyzes Marian art in Spain from the tenth to nineteenth centuries in order to show how popular piety represented Mary’s motherhood. Through art, including architecture, painting, sculpture, and oral preaching, a popular image of Mary emerged and, in turn, became key for understanding the history of the family in western Catholic countries. Studying the evolution of Marian iconography during this thousand-year period reveals a kind of grandeur, and then a certain crisis, surrounding Mary’s motherhood. This crisis specifically involves the meaning of the body as an effective sign of the personal gift-of-self. We argue that this process ran parallel to growing problems in theological culture related to reconciling the natural and supernatural realms, and we further sustain that it contains a true cultural revolution, a shift that is at the origin of many later transformations. This interpretation helps better understand the dilemmas surrounding the history of the family in the West, and specifically of motherhood, from the point of view of the Christian tradition.

Monsignor Lord William Joseph Petre (1847–93): A Pillar of Downside

1994 ◽  
Vol 22 (1) ◽  
pp. 88-101
Author(s):  
Stewart Foster
Keyword(s):  
Liberal Education ◽  
Focal Point ◽  
Periodical Literature ◽  
House Of Lords ◽  
The Reformation ◽  
The Family ◽  
History Of ◽  
The Church ◽  
Shed Light

Ever since the purchase of the Manor of Ingatestone in 1539, the Petre family has played a prominent part not only in the history of the Catholic community in Essex, but in the life of the Church further afield. Sir William Petre, the founder of the Essex line, and two of his descendants have merited the attention of a biographer, while there has also been a substantial periodical literature associated with the family. However, no such detailed study has yet been written on perhaps the most intriguing member of the family, the little-known thirteenth Baron of Writtle, Monsignor Lord William Joseph Petre. The present article seeks to shed light on the early part of the career of this pioneer of Catholic liberal education and the first Catholic priest to take his seat in the House of Lords since the Reformation. The focal point of Petre's earlier years was the monastery and school of St. Gregory's, Downside.

scholarly journals Towards a Theological Overcoming of Anthropocentrism. The Vegetarian Choice

2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (2) ◽  
pp. 54-65
Author(s):  
Paolo Trianni ◽  
Sara Sgarlata
Keyword(s):  
Thomas Aquinas ◽  
New Method ◽  
Christian Tradition ◽  
Ethical Implications ◽  
The Bible ◽  
Sacred Scripture ◽  
History Of ◽  
Christian Thought ◽  
Contrary Evidence ◽  
Supportive Argument

The article intends to demonstrate that a theology of vegetarianism is possible, despite some contrary evidence present in the biblical texts. Like other theologies dealing with issues not directly voiced in the Bible, it becomes possible to interpret the biblical statements in a new way, on the bases of a specific methodology. As a result, an objective comprehension will go back inductively to Sacred Scripture. The article advocates for applying this new method as well as for introducing its ethical implications into the Christian tradition. An additional supportive argument in favour of establishing the new understanding can be found in the history of the Roman Church, besides the consolidated custom of carnivorous nutrition: there has been no shortage of positions in favour of vegetarian asceticism. This stance was also represented by Thomas Aquinas. By valorizing classic Christian authors in favour of vegetarianism (starting with Jerome), the inauguration of the theology of vegetarianism becomes legitimised. Such an inauguration would reorient Christian thought toward reconsidering cosmology, ecology and topical contemporary issues such as anthropocentrism and speciesism.

scholarly journals Escritura de mujeres, escritura de las diferencias

2016 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 107 ◽  
Author(s):  
Francesca Gargallo
Keyword(s):  
Latin American ◽  
Sexual Difference ◽  
Women's Writing ◽  
The Body ◽  
Contemporary History ◽  
Narrative Poetry ◽  
Literatura Latinoamericana ◽  
The Family ◽  
History Of ◽  
The Way

Resumen: Se rastrea la historia contemporánea de la literaturalatinoamericana escrita por mujeres, mostrando temáticas queprofundizan en la diferencia sexual y sus consecuencias parala escritura. Se exploran las consecuencias para la narrativa yla poética de las autoras, de temas como la eroticidad femeninay la especificidad del cuerpo de la mujer, y el lugar que ésteocupa en las historias familiar, nacional y continental. Seindaga asimismo sobre las formas en las cuales sus narracionescontribuyeron al meta-relato del patriarcado latinoamericano.A la vez, en este trabajo se registran las huellas dejadas en lanarrativa y la poética de estas autoras por las resistenciasfemeninas frente al orden patriarcal.Palabras clave: Escritura de mujeres, Diferencia sexual, Feminismo,Literatura latinoamericana, Narrativa, PoéticaAbstract: The contemporary history of Latin American literaturewritten by women is traced, showing the themes that delve intosexual difference and its consequences for writing. Theconsequences of feminine eroticism and the specificity ofwomen’s bodies for the writers’ narratives and poetry areexplored, as well as the place the body occupies in the family,national and continental histories. The way in which theirnarratives contributed to the meta-story of Latin Americanpatriarchy is taken into account. At the same time, this paperrecords the imprints feminine resistance to the patriarchal orderleaves in these authors’ narrative and poetic work.Key words: Women’s writing, sexual difference, feminism,Latina American literatura, narrative, poetry

scholarly journals Theology disrupted: Doing theology with children in African contexts

2016 ◽  
Vol 72 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Elijah Mahlangu
Keyword(s):  
Significant Contribution ◽  
Vantage Point ◽  
The Body ◽  
Body Of Christ ◽  
The Bible ◽  
The Family ◽  
New Development ◽  
The New Testament ◽  
African Context ◽  
The Church

The thrust of this article is an attempt to respond to the question whether we can read and interpret the bible in Africa from the child theology vantage point. The author’s answer is in the affirmative in two ways: Firstly, it is that the majority of children in Africa are facing abuses of unprecedented proportions. Historically and traditionally, African scholars always read and interpreted the bible with African lenses. The African bible critic and exegete should be part of the church, the body of Christ which ought to be a lotus of healing. Theologising in the context of the crisis of the ‘child’ in Africa is fairly a new development and needs to be aggressively pursued. The second aspect of this author’s response is that when Christianity entered the Graeco-Roman as well the Jewish milieu, it used the family symbolism such as father, brothers, love, house of God, children of God, and so on. The New Testament authors therefore used family as reality and metaphor to proclaim the gospel. The African theologian, critic and exegete, is therefore in this article challenged to make a significant contribution using the African context in that, ‘… the African concept of child, family and community appears to be closer to ecclesiology than the Western concepts’.

SELF-MUTILATION: CASE OF A 13-YEAR-OLD GIRL

PEDIATRICS ◽  
1970 ◽  
Vol 45 (6) ◽  
pp. 1008-1011
Author(s):  
James S. Simpson ◽  
William A. Hawke
Keyword(s):  
Mental Retardation ◽  
Case History ◽  
Focal Point ◽  
Exploratory Laparotomy ◽  
Abdominal Scar ◽  
Self Mutilation ◽  
The Family ◽  
History Of

Self-mutilation, rare in children except for those suffering from schizophrenia or mental retardation, is difficult to diagnose and treat. The case history of a 13-year-old girl with bizarre abdominal complaints leading to an exploratory laparotomy and subsequent breakdown of her abdominal scar 5 months later, emphasizes some of the problems. No reason could be found for the scar separation and, after repeated and unsuccessful attempts to promote healing, we became convinced the patient was tampering with the wound. It appeared that her displacement as the focal point in the family with the remarriage of her mother and the stern discipline exhibited by her step-father motivated her to punish her parents and gain attention in this fashion.

To Jerusalem

2021 ◽  
pp. 146-169
Author(s):  
Elizabeth A. Clark
Keyword(s):  
Fourth Century ◽  
The Body ◽  
Solitary Confinement ◽  
Body Parts ◽  
Holy Land ◽  
Tour Guide ◽  
Return Trip ◽  
The Bible ◽  
Desert Fathers ◽  
The Family

Chapter 8 depicts the voyage to and settlement in Jerusalem, with a stop in Alexandria and surroundings, to meet bishops and holy men. On a return trip to Egypt, they visited the so-called desert fathers and attempted to leave them funds. Egypt and Palestine (called the “Holy Land” by Christians in this era) were the prime destinations for Christian pilgrims, women as well as men, from the fourth century onward. Some “Westerners” settled there and founded monasteries, including Melania’s own grandmother and other Roman aristocrats. The Bible provided a virtual tour guide for pilgrims in Palestine. The family of Constantine saw to the erection of the churches of the Holy Sepulcher in Jerusalem and of the Nativity in Bethlehem. Accompanying these developments was the burgeoning quest for relics (of the “True Cross,” of the body parts of martyrs and saints). Melania, too, sought relics for the monasteries she established in Jerusalem. For some years before undertaking the building of monasteries and soliciting inhabitants for them, however, she lived in semi-solitary confinement on the Mount of Olives. The author of the Life describes the ascetic practices in these establishments. After the monasteries were built, there is little evidence that Melania participated much in the larger worship life of Jerusalem, which is described in other sources. The author of the Life aligns his heroine with his own religious preferences and depicts her as a fierce opponent of “heresy.”

A Contribution to the Life-history of a Gnathostome

Parasitology ◽  
1925 ◽  
Vol 17 (3) ◽  
pp. 237-244 ◽  
Author(s):  
Asa C. Chandler
Keyword(s):  
Life History ◽  
Intestinal Tract ◽  
The Body ◽  
Stomach Wall ◽  
Hollow Structures ◽  
Number Of Species ◽  
The Family ◽  
History Of

The family Gnathostomidae contains several genera and a fair number of species of nematodes of rather aberrant type and of uncertain affinities. As pointed out by Baylis and Lane (1920) in their excellent revision of the family, there is little doubt but that it should be included in the superfamily Spiruroidea. The subfamily Gnathostominae is characterised by the possession of a head bulb containing four closed membranous hollow structures, called ballonets by Baylis and Lane, connected posteriorly with four elongate sac-like structures designated cervical sacs. Three genera are recognised in this sub-family as follows: Tanqua, in which the head bulb is provided with transverse cuticular ridges, and Echinocephalus and Gnathostoma in which the head bulb is provided with rows of thorn-like spines. In Echinocephalus the body is smooth and destitute of cuticular spines, whereas in Gnathostoma all or a large part of the body has rows of cuticular spines on the posterior edges of the annulations. The first two genera are parasitic in the intestinal tract of cold-blooded vertebrates, whereas Gnathostoma apparently has its normal habitat in the stomach wall of mammals, as Baylis and Lane have pointed out.

scholarly journals Approaching the historical phonology of three highly eroded Sino-Tibetan languages

Diachronica ◽  
2011 ◽  
Vol 28 (4) ◽  
pp. 468-498 ◽  
Author(s):  
Guillaume Jacques ◽  
Alexis Michaud
Keyword(s):  
Common Ancestor ◽  
Consonant Clusters ◽  
Consonant Cluster ◽  
Historical Phonology ◽  
Place Of Articulation ◽  
Phonological Structure ◽  
The Family ◽  
History Of ◽  
Syllabic Structure

Naxi, Na and Laze are three languages whose position within Sino-Tibetan is controversial. We propose that they are descended from a common ancestor (‘Proto-Naish’). Unlike conservative languages of the family, such as Rgyalrong and Tibetan, which have consonant clusters and final consonants, Naxi, Na and Laze share a simple syllabic structure (consonant+glide+vowel+tone) due to phonological erosion. This raises the issue of how the regular phonological correspondences between these three languages should be interpreted, and what phonological structure should be reconstructed for Proto-Naish. The regularities revealed by comparing the three languages are interpreted in light of potential cognates in conservative languages. This brings out numerous cases of phonetic conditioning of vowels by place of articulation of a preceding consonant or consonant cluster. Overall, these findings warrant a relatively optimistic conclusion concerning the feasibility of unraveling the phonological history of highly eroded language subgroups within Sino-Tibetan.

A CASE OF HEREDITARY HEMORRHAGIC TENDENCY (HEMOPHILIA) REPORTED IN 1832 BY A PHYSICIAN PRACTICING IN SIMPSONVILLE, KENTUCKY

PEDIATRICS ◽  
1979 ◽  
Vol 64 (3) ◽  
pp. 291-291
Author(s):  
T. E. C.
Keyword(s):  
The Body ◽  
Clinical Report ◽  
The Family ◽  
History Of ◽  
Hemorrhagic Tendency ◽  
Clear Description

Credit is usually given to Dr. J. C. Otto (1774-1844) of Philadelphia for offering, in 1803, the first clear description of a bleeding disease affecting males and sparing females.1 Twenty-nine years later, Dr. James N. Hughes of Simpsonville, Kentucky, apparently unaware of Otto's report, published this succinct clinical report of a case of hemophilia, including the hereditary aspects of this disease.2 On visiting the house of a respectable farmer of this neighbourhood, my attention was directed to the case of a youth ten or twelve years old, which appeared to be rheumatic, and which was so pronounced. The correctness of my opinion was called in question by an old lady present, who was herself a member of the family, and intimately acquainted with the history of the case. On further inquiry I ascertained it to be one of hereditary origin, the rheumatism being only the sequel of another affection to which the boy had been subjected from infancy, viz. haemorrhage. Learning that this disease was common in every branch of the N. family, of which that of my friend Mr. P. was one, I enquired particularly concerning it, when the following facts were communicated: 1st. That spitting, vomiting and purging of blood; bloody urine; bleeding at the nose; extravasations of blood among the muscles and integuments of the body generally, especially of the extremities, producing dark discolorations and swelling, attended frequently, after a few days, continuance, with obtuse pain and stiffness, and copious and obstinate haemorrhage from very inconsiderable incisions, on whatever part of the body they are made, have been exceedingly common among the male members of the connection.

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