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.
Aztec Human Sacrifice as Expiation
in: The Strange World of Human Sacrifice, pp. 352-371
Leuven - Paris - Dudley: Peeters, 2007.
The Role of the Human Sacrifice in the Ancient Near East
Missoula: Scholars, 1975.
Racine: From Ancient Myth to Tragic Modernity
Minneapolis - London: University of Minnesota Press, 2010.
Salvation at Stake: Christian Martyrdom in Early Modern Europe
Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 1999.
Ideologie del sacrificio umano. Roma e Cartagine
in: Archiv für Religionsgeschichte, v. 41 (1999), issue 1: pp.41-60.
0. General bibliography (19th-21th Century) 2. Sacrifice and religion: Comparisons, Antiquarians, Anthropology (16th-18th Century)
Cosmogonia e sacrificio. I problemi delle cosmogonie rituali nel Rg Veda e nel Vicino Oriente antico
in: Studi storico-religiosi, v. 4 (1980), issue 2: pp.207-235.
Do ut des?
in: Scienze dell'Antichità. Storia Archeologia Antropologia, v. 3 (1989-1990), issue 4: pp.45-54.
La carne e i suoi riti. Problemi del sacrificio fra antichità classica e mondo biblico
in: Storia dell'alimentazione, pp. 83-96
Roma - Bari: Laterza, 1997.
0. General bibliography (19th-21th Century) 2. Sacrifice and religion: Comparisons, Antiquarians, Anthropology (16th-18th Century)
Uccidere, donare, mangiare: problematiche attuali del sacrificio antico
in: Sacrificio e società nel mondo antico, pp. 3-53
Roma - Bari: Laterza , 1988.
Martyrs Acts: Playing with Foxe’s Martyrs on the Public Stage
in: Religion and Drama in Early Modern England. The Performance of Religion on the Renaissance Stage, pp. 175-194
Aldershot: Ashgate, 2011.
L'expérience humaine du sacrifice
Paris: Presses Universitaire de France, 1948.
Fundamentalism and Terror. A Dialogue with Jürgen Habermas
in: Philosophy in a Time of Terror. Dialogues with Jürgen Habermas and Jacques Derrida, pp. 25-43
Chicago: The University of Chicago Press, 2003.
Christianity and Islam in Spain (A.D. 756 - 1031)
London: Kegan Paul, Trench &Co., Paternoster Square, 1889.
Human Sacrifice in Japan
in: The Strange World of Human Sacrifice, pp. 229-236
Leuven - Paris - Dudley: Peeters, 2007.
Studies on Sacrifice, 1970-1980
in: Religious Studies Review, v. (1982), issue 8: pp.253-259.
Sacrifice Imagined: Violence, Atonement, and the Sacred
New York: Continuum, 2011.
The Broken World of Sacrifice: An Essay in Ancient Indian Ritual
Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1993.