Sacrifice and the body [ biblical anthropology and Christian self-understanding
What is sacrifice? For many people today the word has negative overtones, suggesting loss, or death, or violence. But in religions, ancient and modern, the word is linked primarily to joyous feasting which puts people in touch with the deepest realities. John Dunnill's study brings together ins...
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| Format: | Electronic Book |
| Language: | English |
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Surrey, England :
Ashgate Publishing ,
c2013
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| Series: | New critical thinking in religion, theology, and Biblical studies
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| Online Access: | http://portal.igpublish.com/iglibrary/iviewer/ASHGATEB0002227/userkey/pc/1/0/read.html |
Table of Contents:
- 1. Why sacrifice? why the body?
- 2. Economic body: communion sacrifice and the kingdom of God
- 3. The Purified body: expiatory sacrifice and justification
- 4. The Generative body: covenant sacrifice and the resurrection of the body
- 5. The Victimized body: a dialogue with Rene´ Girard
- 6. The Abused body: a dialogue with feminist theology
- 7. The Atoning body: a dialogue with Anselm and his followers
- 8. Towards the Convivial Body: A Eucharistic Trinitarian Theology of Sacrifice