War can be understood as a modern, secular form of human sacrifice and a manifestation of sacrificial logic, particularly when viewed through the lens of ritual, symbolism and communal narratives.

The patriarchs in the Bible were the fathers of the nation of Israel: Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. Through these three men, the ...

The ram (clearly an allusion to the future episode of Abraham’s sacrifice of Isaac) has that honor here. As is typical of Renaissance and Baroque art, biblical episodes are sometimes set in ...

The West’s retreat from its Christian roots, worn down by progressive ideologies and colonial guilt, risks unravelling a legacy built on the belief that every person bears God’s image and is redeemed ...

Tyler Perry explained how understanding you are worthy of God’s love allows you to have the joyful life that fear, and ...

Rabbi Abraham Isaac Kook, the first Ashkenazi Chief Rabbi ... among other of its teachings, animal sacrifices are immoral. First, Maimonides taught that God did not desire animal sacrifices.