TY - BOOK AU - Hedley,Douglas TI - Sacrifice imagined: violence, atonement, and the sacred SN - 9781441110039 AV - BL570 .H43 2011 U1 - 203.4 Hed 2011 23 PY - 2011/// CY - New York PB - Continuum KW - Sacrifice KW - Imagination (Philosophy) N1 - 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 ER -