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Sacrifice imagined : violence, atonement, and the sacred / Douglas Hedley.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: New York : Continuum, c2011.Description: viii, 248 p. ; 25 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9781441110039
  • 1441110038
  • 9781441194459
  • 1441194452
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 203.4 Hed 2011 23
LOC classification:
  • BL570 .H43 2011
Other classification:
  • 11.02
Contents:
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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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.

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