Sacrifice imagined: violence, atonement, and the sacred
The theophanic imagination, 'making sacred', and the sublime -- Costly signalling or hallowed violence: explaining sacrifice? -- Failed oblations and the tragic imagination -- Thraldom, liberty, and licence: freedom and renunciation -- Immolation, suffering, and the blood-stained logos --...
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| Format: | Print Book |
| Language: | English |
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London [u.a.]
Continuum
c2011
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| In: | Year: 2011 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Religion
/ Victim (Religion)
/ Violence
/ The Holy
B Violent behavior / Imagination / Theophany |
| Further subjects: | B
Imagination (Philosophy)
B Sacrifice |
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| Summary: | The theophanic imagination, 'making sacred', and the sublime -- Costly signalling or hallowed violence: explaining sacrifice? -- Failed oblations and the tragic imagination -- Thraldom, liberty, and licence: freedom and renunciation -- Immolation, suffering, and the blood-stained logos -- Responsibility, atonement, and sacrifice transformed -- Metamorphosis and the pathetic divine: Dionysus and the crucified -- The 'quire-musick' of the temple and the heavenly banquet |
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| Item Description: | Formerly CIP Uk. - Includes bibliographical references and indexes. - The theophanic imagination, 'making sacred', and the sublime -- Costly signalling or hallowed violence: explaining sacrifice? -- Failed oblations and the tragic imagination -- Thraldom, liberty, and licence: freedom and renunciation -- Immolation, suffering, and the blood-stained logos -- Responsibility, atonement, and sacrifice transformed -- Metamorphosis and the pathetic divine: Dionysus and the crucified -- The 'quire-musick' of the temple and the heavenly banquet |
| ISBN: | 1441110038 |