Sacred sacrifice
Subtitle: ritual paradigms in Vedic religion and early Christianity
By: Rick Franklin Talbott.
Series: American university studies.; v. 150
Publisher: P. Lang; Lang AG International Academic Publishers, Peter
Published: 1995
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 356
Subjects: Sacrifice -- History of doctrines.; Sacrifice -- Hinduism -- History of doctrines.; Sacrifice -- Christianity -- History of doctrines -- Early church, ca. 30-600.; Agnihotra (Hindu rite) -- History of doctrines.; Lord's Supper -- Sacrifice -- History of doctrines -- Early church, ca. 30-600.; Hinduism -- Relations -- Christianity.; Christianity and other religions -- Hinduism.
Description: Sacred Sacrifice examines how analogous mythological ideas and the experience of sacred presence during the ritual act created similar ritual paradigms in two non-contiguous cultures. Vedic fire sacrifice, the Horse sacrifice in ancient India and the sacrificial development of the Christian Eucharist serve as examples. This book takes to task theories on sacrifice and ritual that emphasize the psycho-social and functionalist interpretation to the exclusion of the religious.

The relationship between myth and ritual, and conscious and unconscious human behavior emerges from this analysis of universal religious structures.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [325]-346) and index.