Islam et ordre sacrificiel. Une hypothèse girardienne

Translated title of the contribution: [Autom. eng. transl.] Islam and sacrificial order. A Girardian hypothesis

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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
Original languageFrench
Title of host publicationFoi et violence: un enchaînement fatal?
Pages89-105
Number of pages17
Publication statusPublished - 2018

Keywords

  • Origines de l'Islam
  • René Girard

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