Beautiful song about family relationships. Although, it also came to mind when I was writing a paper about Judaism, Christianity, and Islam the other day. Apparently, Muslims refer to all three religions as "Islam," not because they want to subsume the others but because the word is literally translated as "submission"--meaning submission to God; thus, all three Abrahamic religions are united in monotheistic faith and submission to the God of Abraham.
I doubt the Avett brothers wrote "Murder in the City" with this in mind, but the song has really interesting implications for talking about interreligious dialogue between these three faiths.
"I wonder which brother is better/ which one our parents love the most/ I sure did get in lots of trouble/ they seemed to let the other go/ a tear fell from my father's eye/ I wondered what my dad would say/ he said I love you and I'm proud of you both in so many different ways."
"Always remember there was nothing worth sharing like the love that let us share our name."
What if we looked past offense at doctrine and ideologies and sought to love each other like family?
Beautiful song about family relationships. Although, it also came to mind when I was writing a paper about Judaism, Christianity, and Islam the other day. Apparently, Muslims refer to all three religions as "Islam," not because they want to subsume the others but because the word is literally translated as "submission"--meaning submission to God; thus, all three Abrahamic religions are united in monotheistic faith and submission to the God of Abraham.
I doubt the Avett brothers wrote "Murder in the City" with this in mind, but the song has really interesting implications for talking about interreligious dialogue between these three faiths.
"I wonder which brother is better/ which one our parents love the most/ I sure did get in lots of trouble/ they seemed to let the other go/ a tear fell from my father's eye/ I wondered what my dad would say/ he said I love you and I'm proud of you both in so many different ways."
"Always remember there was nothing worth sharing like the love that let us share our name."
What if we looked past offense at doctrine and ideologies and sought to love each other like family?