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Understanding religious sacrifice : a reader /

This volume provides a thorough introduction to the major classic and modern writings dealing with religious sacrifice. Collected here are twenty five influential selections, each with a brief introduction addressing the overall framework and assumptions of its author. As they present different theo...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Carter, Jeffrey, 1963-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: London ; New York : Continuum, 2003.
Colección:Controversies in the study of religion.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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  • Preface; General Introduction; 1 EDWARD BURNETT TYLOR: From Primitive Culture: Researches in the Development of Mythology, Philosophy, Religion, Language, Arts, and Custom; 2 HERBERT SPENCER: From The Principles of Sociology; 3 WILLIAM ROBERTSON SMITH: From The Religion of the Semites: The Fundamental Institution; 4 JAMES G. FRAZER: From The Golden Bough: A Study in Magic and Religion; 5 HENRI HUBERT and MARCEL MAUSS: From Sacrifice: Its Nature and Function; 6 EDWARD A. WESTERMARCK: From The Origin and Development of the Moral Ideas.
  • 7 EMILE DURKHEIM: From The Elementary Forms of the Religious Life8 SIGMUND FREUD: From Totem and Taboo: Some Points of Agreement between the Mental Lives of Savages and Neurotics; 9 GERARDUS VAN DER LEEUW: From Religion in Essence and Manifestation: A Study in Phenomenology; 10 GEORGES BATAILLE: From The Accursed Share: An Essay on General Economy; 11 ADOLF E. JENSEN: From Myth and Cult among Primitive Peoples; 12 EDWARD E. EVANS-PRITCHARD: The Meaning of Sacrifice among the Nuer
  • 13 WALTER BURKERT: From Homo Necans: The Anthropology of Ancient Greek Sacrificial Ritual and Myth.
  • 14 RENÉ GIRARD: From Violence and the Sacred15 JAN VAN BAAL: Offering, Sacrifice and Gift
  • 16 VICTOR TURNER: From Sacrifice as Quintessential Process: Prophylaxis or Abandonment?
  • 17 LUC DE HEUSCH: From Sacrifice in Africa: A Structuralist Approach; 18 VALERIO VALERI: From Kingship and Sacrifice: Ritual and Society in Ancient Hawaii; 19 JONATHAN Z. SMITH: The Domestication of Sacrifice
  • 20 ROBERT J. DALY: The Power of Sacrifice in Ancient Judaism and Christianity
  • 21 BRUCE LINCOLN: Debreasting, Disarming, Beheading: Some Sacrificial Practices of the Scyths and Amazons
  • 22 NANCY JAY: From Throughout Your Generations Forever: Sacrifice, Religion, and Paternity23 WILLIAM BEERS: From Women and Sacrifice: Male Narcissism and the Psychology of Religion; 24 MAURICE BLOCH: From Prey into Hunter: The Politics of Religious Experience; 25 JON D. LEVENSON: From The Death and Resurrection of the Beloved Son: The Transformation of Child Sacrifice in Judaism and Christianity; Postscript; Selected Bibliography on Sacrifice; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; X; Y; Z.