Throughout Your Generations Forever : Sacrifice, Religion, and Paternity

by Nancy Jay

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Format Hardback or Cased Book

Book Series Emersion: Emergent Village resources for communities of faith

ISBN-10 0226395723

ISBN-13 9780226395722

Publisher The University of Chicago Press

Imprint University of Chicago Press

Country of Manufacture GB

Country of Publication GB

Publication Date Jul 1st, 1992

Print length 222 Pages

Weight 482 grams

Dimensions 2.40 x 1.70 x 0.20 cms

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Why does sacrifice, more than any other major religious institution, depend on gender dichotomy? Why do so many societies oppose sacrifice to childbirth, and why are childbearing women so commonly excluded from sacrificial practices? In this feminist study of relations between sacrifice, gender, and social organization, Nancy Jay reveals sacrifice as a remedy for having been born of woman, and hence uniquely suited to establishing certain and enduring paternity. Drawing on examples of ancient and modern societies, Jay synthesizes sociology of religion, ethnography, biblical scholarship, church history, and classics to argue that sacrifice legitimates and maintains patriarchal structures that transcend men's dependence on women's reproductive powers.

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