Are social scientific theories and confessional theologies of sacrifice equally well suited as public discourse about religion? The French liberal Protestant theologians of the 5th Section of the Ecole Pratique and the French doyen of sociology, Emile Durkheim and his two main followers, Henri Hubert and Marcel Mauss, engage in a struggle over the proper approach to sacrifice in the public university. The Durkheimians argued that theological language and assumptions were inappropriate for this purpose because of their confessional allegiances. Another approach to sacrifice, free of confessional entanglements, was required. This is what Hubert and Mauss sought to provide in the Sacrifice: Its Nature and Function.
- ISBN10 9004135596
- ISBN13 9789004135598
- Publish Date 1 November 2003 (first published 1 January 2003)
- Publish Status Active
- Publish Country NL
- Imprint Brill
- Format Hardcover
- Pages 252
- Language English
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