Sacrifice imagined :

Hedley, Douglas

Sacrifice imagined : violence, atonement, and the sacred / Douglas Hedley. - New York : Continuum, c2011. - viii, 248 pages ; 25 cm.

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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