Sacrifice imagined : violence, atonement, and the sacred - Hedley, Douglas (New York : Continuum, 2011)
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.
Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Keywords: Sacrifice; Imagination (Philosophy)