Abstract
Early Islam, as it emerged from the Qur'an and the fragmentary testimonies of non-Muslim nearly contemporaries, exhibited a marked return to a sacrificial order, which may be best understood as a response to what René Girard would have called a 'sacrificial' crisis in pre-Islamic Arab society. But the Qur'an also contains a harsh criticism of this sacrificial order. As a result, it produces an unstable balance, which might be understood theologically as a means to retard the explosion of violence brought about by the demystification of the archaic sacred in the biblical message.
Translated title of the contribution | [Autom. eng. transl.] Islam and sacrificial order. A Girardian hypothesis |
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Original language | French |
Title of host publication | Foi et violence: un enchaînement fatal? |
Pages | 89-105 |
Number of pages | 17 |
Publication status | Published - 2018 |
Keywords
- Origines de l'Islam
- René Girard