Violent Origins
Subtitle: Walter Burkert, Rene Girard, and Jonathan Z. Smith on Ritual Killing and Cultural Formation
Contributors: Robert Hamerton-Kelly (Editor)
Publisher: Stanford University Press
Published: November 1, 1988
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 292
ISBN-13: 9780804715188
Subjects: Social & cultural anthropology; Violence in society; Sociology - Social Theory; Religion - Church Music; Religion; Christian Rituals & Practice - General; Christianity - Ritual & Practice; Comparative Religion; Religion / Ritual & Practices; Religion - Worship - General
First sentence: In current usage, the word scapegoat has three frequently confused meanings that should be carefully distinguished: a biblical meaning, an anthropological meaning, and a psychosocial meaning.