Blood and the Covenant: The Historical Consequences of the Contract with God

Blood and the Covenant tells the story of a mindset—the conception of a personal covenant between God and man—and the insidious consequences of this mindset. Author Pierre Parisien examines the history of covenantal belief and looks critically at two of its most troubling aspects: appropriation (the Promised Land) and moral dispensation (the belief that if you are doing it for God, then it is not a sin but a virtuous act). Parisien traces the historical consequences of the contract with God...