Le fait religieux sacrificiel comme révélateur de présupposés éthiques et théologiques
For over a century, historians of religion have interrogated the notion of sacrifice. After several attempts at theorisation, it seems now more appropriate to challenge any theoretical approach, and even to criticize the validity of the category of sacrifice. Despite this significant epistemological...
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| Language: | fra |
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Centre interdisciplinaire d’Études du Religieux (CIER)
2016-02-01
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| Series: | Cahiers d'Études du Religieux- Recherches Interdisciplinaires |
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| Online Access: | http://journals.openedition.org/cerri/1535 |
| Summary: | For over a century, historians of religion have interrogated the notion of sacrifice. After several attempts at theorisation, it seems now more appropriate to challenge any theoretical approach, and even to criticize the validity of the category of sacrifice. Despite this significant epistemological evolution, some presuppositions remain. They are theological and confessional in analyses of biblical sacrifice and, more surprisingly, secular and ethical in analyses of ancient sacrifice. However, freed from such presuppositions, an anthropological study of sacrifice is possible and desirable. |
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| ISSN: | 1760-5776 |