Empire Of Sacrifice
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Empire Of Sacrifice
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Author : Jon Pahl
language : en
Publisher: NYU Press
Release Date : 2012-06
Empire Of Sacrifice written by Jon Pahl and has been published by NYU Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-06 with History categories.
It is widely recognized that American culture is both exceptionally religious and exceptionally violent. Americans participate in religious communities in high numbers, yet American citizens also own guns at rates far beyond those of citizens in other industrialized nations. Since September 11, 2001, U.S. scholars have understandably discussed religious violence in terms of terrorist acts, a focus that follows U.S. policy. Yet, according to Jon Pahl, to identify religious violence only with terrorism fails to address the long history of American violence rooted in religion throughout the country's history. In Empire of Sacrifice, Pahl explains how both of these distinctive features of American culture work together by exploring how constructions along the lines of age, race, and gender have operated to centralize cultural power across American civil or cultural religions in ways that don't always appear to be “religious” at all. Pahl traces the development of these forms of systemic violence throughout American history and focuses an intense light on the complex and durable interactions between religion and violence in American history, from Puritan Boston to George W. Bush's Baghdad.
City Of Sacrifice
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Author : David Carrasco
language : en
Publisher: Beacon Press (MA)
Release Date : 1999
City Of Sacrifice written by David Carrasco and has been published by Beacon Press (MA) this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1999 with History categories.
At an excavation of the Great Aztec Temple in Mexico City, amid carvings of skulls and a dismembered warrior goddess, David Carrasco stood before a container filled with the decorated bones of infants and children. It was the site of a massive human sacrifice, and for Carrasco the center of fiercely provocative questions: If ritual violence against humans was a profound necessity for the Aztecs in their capital city, is it central to the construction of social order and the authority of city states? Is civilization built on violence? In City of Sacrifice, Carrasco chronicles the fascinating story of Tenochtitlan, the Aztec capital, investigating Aztec religious practices and demonstrating that religious violence was integral to urbanization; the city itself was a temple to the gods. That Mexico City, the largest city on earth, was built on the ruins of Tenochtitlan, is a point Carrasco poignantly considers in his comparison of urban life from antiquity to modernity. Majestic in scope, City of Sacrifice illuminates not only the rich history of a major Meso american city but also the inseparability of two passionate human impulses: urbanization and religious engagement. It has much to tell us about many familiar events in our own time, from suicide bombings in Tel Aviv to rape and murder in the Balkans.
The House Of Sacrifice Empires Of Dust Book 3
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Author : Anna Smith Spark
language : en
Publisher: HarperCollins UK
Release Date : 2019-07-25
The House Of Sacrifice Empires Of Dust Book 3 written by Anna Smith Spark and has been published by HarperCollins UK this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-07-25 with Fiction categories.
A powerhouse grimdark fantasy of bloodshed, ambition, and fate, The House of Sacrifice is the thunderous conclusion to Anna Smith Spark's Empires of Dust trilogy, which began with The Court of Broken Knives.
The End Of Sacrifice
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Author : Susan Emanuel
language : en
Publisher: ReadHowYouWant.com
Release Date : 2011-08-22
The End Of Sacrifice written by Susan Emanuel and has been published by ReadHowYouWant.com this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011-08-22 with Religion categories.
The religious transformations that marked late antiquity represent an enigma that has challenged some of the West's greatest thinkers. But, according to Guy Stroumsa, the oppositions between paganism and Christianity that characterize prevailing theories have endured for too long. Instead of describing this epochal change as an evolution within ...
Inka Human Sacrifice And Mountain Worship
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Author : Thomas Besom
language : en
Publisher: University of New Mexico Press
Release Date : 2013
Inka Human Sacrifice And Mountain Worship written by Thomas Besom and has been published by University of New Mexico Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013 with Andes Region categories.
"In this study, Besom explores the ritual practices of human sacrifice and the worship of mountains, attested in both archaeological investigations and ethnohistorical sources, as tools in the establishment and preservation of political power within the Inka empire"--Provided by publisher.
The Sacrifice
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Author : Kevin Annett
language : en
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Release Date : 2018-09-02
The Sacrifice written by Kevin Annett and has been published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-09-02 with categories.
The Sacrifice is a heartfelt remembrance of a lost brother and uncle, and the hidden story of how he really died. Written collaboratively by Kevin Annett and his father Bill, this book describes the sinking of the destroyer HMCS Athabaskan just prior to D Day in April, 1944; and of how Sub. Lt. Robert Annett and ninety other Canadian sailors were left to drown in the English Channel by the British Admiralty. Drawing on navy and archival sources, the Annetts explore recent evidence that suggest it was "friendly fire" by a British Motor Torpedo boat, and not the Germans, that dealt the death blow to the already-crippled Athabaskan. The Sacrifice also delves into the broader British colonial history of crime and cover up, and of how those who fight for the Empire can end up being immolated by it. Combined with personal accounts of the impact of war on one family and of Robert Annett's self-sacrificial death for a wounded sailor, this work is a moving tribute to human courage amidst the stupidity of war.
Inka Human Sacrifice And Mountain Worship
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Author : Thomas Besom
language : en
Publisher: UNM Press
Release Date : 2013-04-15
Inka Human Sacrifice And Mountain Worship written by Thomas Besom and has been published by UNM Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-04-15 with Social Science categories.
The Inka empire was the largest pre-Columbian polity in the New World. Its vast expanse, its ethnic diversity, and the fact that the empire may have been consolidated in less than a century have prompted much scholarly interest in its creation. In this study, Besom explores the ritual practices of human sacrifice and the worship of mountains, attested in both archaeological investigations and ethnohistorical sources, as tools in the establishment and preservation of political power. Besom examines the relationship between symbols, ideology, ritual, and power to demonstrate how the Cuzqueños could have used rituals to manipulate common Andean symbols to uphold their authority over subjugated peoples. He considers ethnohistoric accounts of the categories of human sacrifice to gain insights into related rituals and motives, and reviews the ethnohistoric evidence of mountain worship to predict locations as well as motives. He also analyzes specific archaeological sites and assemblages, theorizing that they were the locations of sacrifices designed to assimilate subject peoples, bind conquered lands to the state, and/or justify the extraction of local resources.
Animal Sacrifice In The Roman Empire 31 Bce 395 Ce
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Author : J. B. Rives
language : en
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Release Date : 2024-04-02
Animal Sacrifice In The Roman Empire 31 Bce 395 Ce written by J. B. Rives and has been published by Oxford University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2024-04-02 with History categories.
For over a thousand years, the practice of animal sacrifice held a central place in ancient Graeco-Roman culture as a means of both demonstrating piety to the gods and structuring social relationships. As Christianity took root in Rome in the third century CE, the cultural role of this practice changed dramatically. In Animal Sacrifice in the Roman Empire (31 BCE-395 CE), J. B. Rives explores the shifting socio-economic, political, and cultural significance of animal sacrifice in this crucial period of change. Drawing on literary, epigraphic, archaeological, art historical, philosophical, and scriptural evidence, this volume provides a comprehensive and detailed study of the central role of animal sacrifice in the ancient Mediterranean world and traces the changes in its social function and cultural significance during the period when that world became Christianized. By focusing on the evolution of this specific cultural practice, Rives illustrates the larger phenomenon of the religious and cultural transformation taking place in the Graeco-Roman world in the third and fourth centuries CE, providing a unique perspective which will appeal to scholars across religious and classical studies.
Bonds Of Blood
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Author : Caroline Dodds Pennock
language : en
Publisher: Springer
Release Date : 2008-11-12
Bonds Of Blood written by Caroline Dodds Pennock and has been published by Springer this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2008-11-12 with History categories.
The history of the Aztecs has been haunted by the spectre of human sacrifice. Reinvesting the Aztecs with a humanity frequently denied to them, and exploring their spectacular religious violence as a comprehensible element of life, this book integrates a fresh interpretation of gender with an innovative study of the everyday life of the Aztecs.
Of Body And Brush
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Author : Angela Zito
language : en
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Release Date : 1997-02-03
Of Body And Brush written by Angela Zito and has been published by University of Chicago Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1997-02-03 with History categories.
The Qianlong emperor, who dominated the religious and political life of 18th-century China, was in turn dominated by elaborate ritual prescriptions. These texts determined what he wore and ate, how he moved, and how he performed the yearly Grand Sacrifices. OF BODY AND BRUSH shows how ritualizing power was produced jointly by the throne and the official literati who dictated the prescriptions. Illustrated.