Sacrifice Unveiled

Robert J. Daly, S.J., Emeritus Professor of Theology at Boston College, is the author of Christian Sacrificeand The Origins of the Christian Doctrine of Sacrifice. His recent articles, mostly in Theological Studies, have focused on Eucharist, sacrifice, and atonement.

• FOREWORD: The Problem of Christian Sacrifice A brief description of how this book came about. PART ONE: Unveiling Sacrifice 1. The Many Meanings of Sacrifice 2. A Trinitarian View of Sacrifice3. The Sacrifice of the MassConclusionBRIDGE 1.A: Sacrifice in the Ancient World and in the Hebrew Scriptures1. Sacrifice in the Ancient World2. General Theory of Sacrifice3. Sacrifice in the Hebrew Scriptures4. From the Old Testament to the NewBRIDGE 1.B: Sacrifice in the New Testament1. The Synoptic Gospels2. The Acts of the Apostles3. The Pauline Theology of Sacrifice4. The Temple as Community in Qumran and the New Testament5. The Epistle to the Hebrews6. The Gospel and First Letter of John7. The History-of-Religions Context of "Worship in Spirit and in Truth"8. The Book of Revelation9. Summary of New Testament Teaching on Christian SacrificeExcursus: Spiritualization and InstitutionalizationBRIDGE 1.C: Sacrifice in the Fathers of the Church1. The Early Writings2. The Apologists: Justin and Athenagoras3. Irenaeus of Lyons4. Hippolytus of Rome5. The Early Treatises on the Passover6. The Second-Century Acts of the Martyrs7. The Alexandrian Tradition I: The Antecedents: Philo and Barnabas8. The Alexandrian Tradition II: Christianity Coming of Age: Clement and Origen9. Augustine of HippoConclusionPART TWO: Atonement and Sacrifice: The Distorting Veils - 99 1. Paul and Problems with Sacrificial Atonement2. Anselm, Abelard, Aquinas, and Juliana of Norwich3. The Sacrifice of the Mass4. Sacrifice and the ReformationBRIDGE 2.A: Post-Reformation and Modernity: Two Contrasting Poles1. Sacrifice among the Writers of Late (Post-Enlightenment) Modernity2. Moment-of-Consecration Theology3. Mass-Stipend Theology: Theology in TransitionBRIDGE 2.B: Liturgical Renewal and Ecumenism1. The Monasteries2. Mystery Theology3. Liturgical Conferences, Institutes, Academies and Societies4. A High Point of Restorationism: The New Worship Books5. The Constitution on the Sacred LiturgyBRIDGE 2.C: Sacrifice and Girardian Mimetic Theory: The End of Sacrifice?1. General Introduction to Girardian Mimetic Theory2. Grand Narratives in a Postmodern Age3. Desire4. Original Sin as Disordered Desire5. Original Sin: A Scientific View6. René Girard as Christian Theorist7. A Phenomenology of Redemption: Imitate the Desire of Jesus8. A Post-Scientific EpiloguePART THREE: Unveiling Sacrifice:

A substantial critical study of the Christian concept of sacrifice has been sorely lacking for many years. Bob Daly has now more than adequately filled that gap and in a most readable volume successfully achieved his aim of exposing mistaken ideas on the subject by unveiling what that sacrifice it really is - nothing less than the divine love that lies at the heart of all truly human life.