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Beyond Sacred Violence

A Comparative Study of Sacrifice
  • ISBN-13: 9780801887765
  • Publisher: JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY PRESS
    Imprint: JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY PRESS
  • By Kathryn McClymond
  • Price: AUD $135.00
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  • Local release date: 13/09/2008
  • Format: Hardback 232 pages Weight: 0g
  • Categories: Religion & beliefs [HR]
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For many Westerners, the term sacrifice is associated with ancient, often primitive ritual practices. It suggests the death—frequentlyviolent, often bloody—of an animal victim, usually with the aim of atoning for humanguilt. Sacrifice is a serious ritual, culminating in a dramatic event. The reality of religious sacrificial acts across the globe and throughout history is, however, moreexpansive and inclusive.In Beyond Sacred Violence, Kathryn McClymond argues that the modern Western world's reductive understanding of sacrificesimplifies an enormously broad and dynamic cluster of religious activities. Drawing on a comparative study of Vedic and Jewish sacrificial practices, she demonstrates notonly that sacrifice has no single, essential identifying characteristic but also that the elements most frequently attributed to such acts—death and violence—are not universal.McClymond reveals that the world of religious sacrifice varies greatly, including grain-based offerings, precious liquids,and complex interdependent activities.Engagingly argued and written, Beyond Sacred Violence significantly extends our understanding of religious sacrifice and serves as a timely reminder that the field of religious studies is largely framed by Christianity.

AcknowledgmentsAbbreviationsIntroduction1. Re-imagining Sacrifice2. Reevaluating the Role of Killing in Sacrifice3. Vegetal Offerings as Sacrifice4. Liquid Sacrificial Offerings5. The Apportionment of Sacrificial OfferingsConclusionNotesBibliographyIndex

""Written in an engaging and informative style, this book would be interesting to both scholars and ordinary readers.""

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