Beyond Sacred Violence

This award-winning study presents “a thought-provoking examination of sacrifice” that significantly extends our understanding of the practice (James Getz, Journal of Religion ). For many Westerners, the term  sacrifice  suggests ancient and primitive ritual practices. It conjures the notion of slaying an animal victim, usually with the aim of atoning for human guilt. In  Beyond Sacred Violence , Kathryn McClymond argues that this reductive understanding of sacrifice overlooks an e