Beyond sacred violence : a comparative study of sacrifice /
For many Westerners, the term sacrifice is associated with ancient, often primitive ritual practices. It suggests the death--frequently violent, often bloody--of an animal victim, usually with the aim of atoning for human guilt. Sacrifice is a serious ritual, culminating in a dramatic event. The rea...
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Baltimore :
Johns Hopkins University Press,
2008.
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جدول المحتويات:
- Re-imagining sacrifice
- Reevaluating the role of killing in sacrifice
- Vegetal offerings as sacrifice
- Liquid sacrificial offerings
- The apportionment of sacrificial offerings.