Sacrifice imagined : violence, atonement, and the sacred /
Hedley, Douglas.
Sacrifice imagined : violence, atonement, and the sacred / Douglas Hedley. - New York : Continuum, c2011. - viii, 248 p. ; 25 cm.
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.
9781441110039 1441110038 9781441194459 1441194452
2011031360
Sacrifice.
Imagination (Philosophy)
BL570 / .H43 2011
203.4 Hed 2011
Sacrifice imagined : violence, atonement, and the sacred / Douglas Hedley. - New York : Continuum, c2011. - viii, 248 p. ; 25 cm.
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.
9781441110039 1441110038 9781441194459 1441194452
2011031360
Sacrifice.
Imagination (Philosophy)
BL570 / .H43 2011
203.4 Hed 2011