Theology and the First Theory of Sacrifice (Numen Book Series, 98)

Theology and the First Theory of Sacrifice (Numen Book Series, 98)

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Book Description
Are social scientific theories and confessional theologies of sacrifice equally well suited as public discourse about religion? The French liberal Protestant theologians of the 5th Section of the École Pratique and the French doyen of sociology, Émile Durkheim and his two main followers, Henri Hubert and Marcel Mauss, engage in a struggle over the proper approach to sacrifice in the public university. The Durkheimians argued that theological language and assumptions were inappropriate for this purpose because of their confessional allegiances. Another approach to sacrifice, free of confessional entanglements, was required. This is what Hubert and Mauss sought to provide in the Sacrifice: Its Nature and Function.

About the Author
Ivan Strenski, Ph.D. (1969) Religious Studies, Birmingham University (UK) is the Holstein Family and Community Professor or Religious Studies at the University of California, Riverside. He has authored five previous books and over 50 articles on various subjects such as myth, sacrifice, ritual, nationalism, and contemporary theories of religion.

Theology and the First Theory of Sacrifice (Numen Book Series, 98),Ivan Strenski,Brill Academic Publishers,9004135596,Architecture,History,Interior Design - General,Religion

Book Contents:

1. Theory and Practice in Late Antique Archaeology (Late Antiquity Archaeology, 1)
2. The Phonetics of English and Dutch
3. The Renaissance in Scotland: Studies in Literature, Religion, History, and Culture Offered to John Durkan (Brill's Studies in Intellectual History)
4. The Sanskrit Hero: Karna in Epic Mahahabharata (Brill's Indological Library, V. 20)
5. The Sculpture of Early Medieval Rajasthan (Studies in Asian Art and Archaeology, Vol 21)
6. The Thousand Generation Covenant: Dutch Reformed Convent Theology and Group Identity in Colonial South Africa, 1652-1814 (Studies in the History of)
7. The V&A Guide to Period Styles (VA)
8. Tiffany Giftwrap Paper (Giftwrap--2 Sheets, 1 Designs)
9. Tod Und Ritual in Den Christlichen Gemeinden Der Antike (Vigiliae Christianae, Supplements, 65)
10. Voices That Reason: Theoretical Parables

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