Topic: 0. General bibliography (19th-21th Century)
This section offers a curated bibliography on the concept of sacrifice from the 19th to the 21st Century. It includes a wide range of studies from theological, philosophical, historical, anthropological, iconographic and psycho-analytical perspectives. The collection, which includes books, journal articles and encyclopaedia entries, aims to explore the evolution and interpretation of sacrificial practices through modern and contemporary lenses, and to provide a theoretical framework for understanding sacrifice.
Prey into Hunter: The Politics of Religious Experience.
Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1992.
Le bétail produit les hommes. Sacrifice, valeur et fétichisme du bétail en Afrique de l'Est
in: L'Uomo. Società tradizione sviluppo, v. 9 (), issue : pp.121-147.
Human Sacrifice in Medieval Irish Literature
in: The Strange World of Human Sacrifice, pp. 31-54
Leuven - Paris - Dudley: Peeters, 2007.
Human Sacrifice among the Konds
in: The Strange World of Human Sacrifice, pp. 195-227
Leuven - Paris - Dudley: Peeters, 2007.
Dying for God: Martyrdom and the Making of Christianity and Judaism
Stanford: Stanford University Press, 1999.
0. General bibliography (19th-21th Century) 2. Sacrifice and religion: Comparisons, Antiquarians, Anthropology (16th-18th Century) 3. Sacrifice and politics (16th-18th Century)
Opfer als Gedächtnis: Auf dem Weg zu einer befreienden theologischen Rede von Opfer
Münster: LIT, 2001.
Opfer als Gedächtnis: Auf dem Weg zu einer befreienden theologischen Rede von Opfer
Münster: LIT, 2001.
0. General bibliography (19th-21th Century) 1. Sacrifice and Bible (16th-18th Century) 2. Sacrifice and religion: Comparisons, Antiquarians, Anthropology (16th-18th Century)
Myth and Ritual in Greek Human Sacrifice: Lykaon, Polyxena, and the Case of the Rhodian Criminal
in: The Strange World of Human Sacrifice, pp. 55-79
Leuven - Paris - Dudley: Peeters, 2007.
Religion', 'Ritual' and the Opposition 'Sacred vs. Profane'. Notes Towards a Terminological 'Genealogy'
in: Ansichten griechischer Rituale Geburtstagssymposium für Walter Burkert, Castelen bei Basel, 15. bis 18. März 1996, pp. 9-32
Stuttgart - Leipzig: B.G. Teubner, 1998.
Martyrdom and literature in early modern England
Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2005.
Rendering unto Caesar: The Rhetorics of Divided Loyalties in Tudor England
in: Martyrdom and Terrorism: Pre-Modern to Contemporary Perspectives, pp. 59-86
Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2014.
Holy War, Martyrdom and Terror: Christianity, Violence and the War
Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 2015.
Creation of the Sacred: Tracks of Biology in Early Religion
Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1996.
Homo necans. Interpretationen altgriechischer Opferriten und Mythen
Berlin - New York: De Gruyter, 1972.
The problem of Ritual Killing
in: Violent Origins: Walter Burkert, René Girard, and Jonathan Z. Smith on Ritual Killing and Cultural Formation, pp. 149-176
Stanford: Stanford University Press, 1987.
The Problem of Ritual Killing
in: Violent Origins: Ritual Killing and Cultural Formation, pp. 149-76
Stanford: Stanford University Press, 1987.
Sacrificial Violence: A Problem in Ancient Religions
in: The Oxford Handbook of Religion and Violence, pp. 437–454
Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2013.
0. General bibliography (19th-21th Century) 2. Sacrifice and religion: Comparisons, Antiquarians, Anthropology (16th-18th Century) 3. Sacrifice and politics (16th-18th Century)
Culte du Démon (The Cult of the Demon), from Les Sacrifices (The Sacrifices) (1625-1627)
from: http://ark.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb42582956v
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York