Theology and the First Theory of Sacrifice

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Theology and the First Theory of Sacrifice is written by Ivan Strenski and published by BRILL. It's available with International Standard Book Number or ISBN identification 9047402731 (ISBN 10) and 9789047402732 (ISBN 13).

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 École Pratique and the French doyen of sociology, Émile 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.