The Concept of the ‘Elected’ People in the Abrahamic Religions

Cosmin Tudor Ciocan ()
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Cosmin Tudor Ciocan: Ovidius University of Constanta

No 19, Proceedings of Harvard Square Symposium, The Phenomenon of Migration, August 22-23, 2016 from Research Association for Interdisciplinary Studies

Abstract: The Divine election is certainly one of the more profound and controversial doctrines of religions, in every Holy Scripture and beyond. It certainly helped many wandering people, ranging from a place to another, in slavery, poverty or ousted by other. Also, it helped maintain loyalty to traditions; it brings hope for poor and meek, it implies divine protection and helps overcome the most severe social handicaps. The conception of chosenness has at the same time negative appointment regarding the others, non-chosen, and so it leads to moral and eschatological debates and paradoxes. How the most known religions-Judaism, Christianity, and Islam-relate to this concept, and what is their interpretation of this profound concept, we will try to build on the relationship of pilgrim people, expelled and ousted. For the biblical interpretation of the concept, we will see it as a separation among others but also with a special call in relation with them. The Christian side of it aimed at the beginning against the ultra nationalistic view of chosenness as in Judaism, then it gained the same facet as Israel, within the concept of predestination. For the Islamic part, the concept borrowed some issues from both previous religions, but also set its vision and application of it. What are the differences and mostly the circumstances that led to such conceptions-we will see during this paper.

Keywords: jealousy; chosenness; elected people; hope; Judaism; Christianity; Islam; religious leaders; covenant; ousted; sovereignty; predestination; theopolitical nation. (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 22 pages
Date: 2016-08
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Published in Conference proceedings The Phenomenon of Migration, 22-23 August 2016, pages 282-303

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DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.999626

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