Introduction: Sacrifice in modernity: community, ritual, identity
Poorthuis,Marcel Korte,Anne-marie Duyndam,Joachim
Poorthuis,Marcel
Korte,Anne-marie
Duyndam,Joachim
Abstract
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.
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2016-10
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Brill Academic Publishers
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Sacrifice, modernity, autonomy, religion, Girard
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Poorthuis, M, Korte, A & Duyndam, J 2016, Introduction : Sacrifice in modernity: community, ritual, identity. in M Poorthuis, J Duyndam & A Korte (eds), Sacrifice in Modernity: Community, Ritual, Identity : From Nationalism and Nonviolence to Health Care and Harry Potter. Studies in Theology and Religion, vol. 22, Brill Academic Publishers, Leiden, pp. 1-10. https://doi.org/10.1163/9789004335530_002