Download or read book Sacrifice and Modern Thought written by Julia Meszaros and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2013-09 with total page 290 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Leading specialists in theology, anthropology, religious studies and history elucidate the modern debate about sacrifice from interest shown in the sixteenth century through to the present day. Individual chapters discuss anthropological theories, theological controversies, philosophical interpretations, and literary uses of sacrifice.