{"id":309,"date":"2016-05-14T07:09:25","date_gmt":"2016-05-14T14:09:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.heuermontage.com\/?p=309"},"modified":"2016-05-14T07:09:25","modified_gmt":"2016-05-14T14:09:25","slug":"sacrificial-lamb-or-sheep-for-slaughter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.heuermontage.com\/?p=309","title":{"rendered":"Sacrificial Lamb or Sheep for Slaughter?"},"content":{"rendered":"

I remember the collective gasp of students in my social psychology class when they saw a movie about gender differences – often\u00a0assumed to disadvantage women. They\u00a0heard Ursula LeGuin, a feminist if there ever was one, hold forth on the fate of young men: across the centuries they were expendable,\u00a0<\/em>used\u00a0as\u00a0cannon fodder. The role of sacrifice – in the case of the Agnus Dei, the lamb of God, to save all of humanity, in the case of the soldier to save the fatherland – runs through almost all historical narratives like a red thread. Where runs the line, though, between the selfless lamb and the flock of dumb sheep?<\/p>\n

Karl Jenkins’ movement\u00a0Agnes Dei (<\/i>music here:\u00a0https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=vgvqkL4qlow<\/a>)\u00a0<\/i>is one in a long succession\u00a0of sometimes stunning compositions using the liturgical theme (and handily provided by Wikipedia.) Not the worst company….<\/p>\n