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The Theological Metaphors of Marx
By
Enrique Dussel;
Enrique Dussel
Enrique Dussel (1934–2023) was Emeritus Professor, Universidad Autonoma Metropolitana-Iztapalapa, and the author of many books, including
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Duke University Press
Copyright:
This content is made freely available by the publisher. It may not be redistributed or altered. All rights reserved.
ISBN electronic:
978-1-4780-2790-4
Publication date:
2024
Book Chapter
The Cultic Sacrifice of the Fetish: The Use of Biblical Texts
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Published:April 2024
This chapter explores the emergence of “fetishism” as an expression of the “sacrificial logic” of theology in its biblical context, as reflected in texts from both the Old and New Testaments. This includes exploration from this perspective of Bartolomé de las Casas’s critique of the Spanish conquest of the Americas, the Sermon on the Mount and other biblical texts, and exposition of the bases of a theological ecology.
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