Sacrifice in modernity community, ritual, identity : from nationalism and nonviolence to health care and Harry Potter

Sacrifice seems to belong to a religious context of the past. In Sacrifice in Modernity: Community, Ritual, Identity it is demonstrated how sacrificial themes remain an essential element in our post-modern society. The shaping of community, performing rituals and the search for identity, three main...

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Other Authors: Duyndam, Joachim, editor (editor), Korte, Anne-Marie, editor, Poorthuis, Marcel, editor
Format: eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Leiden ; Boston : Brill [2017]
Series:Studies in theology and religion ; v. 22.
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See on Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull:https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009646935106719
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Summary:Sacrifice seems to belong to a religious context of the past. In Sacrifice in Modernity: Community, Ritual, Identity it is demonstrated how sacrificial themes remain an essential element in our post-modern society. The shaping of community, performing rituals and the search for identity, three main characteristics of traditional sacrifice, are dynamics of our modern times as well which cannot be understood without sacrificial awareness. This is demonstrated in such areas as the German poet Hölderlin, Harry Potter, martyrdom, the Twilight Saga, the Japanese writer Endo, Tarkovsky, movies and more.
Physical Description:1 online resource (368 pages) : illustrations
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9789004335530