Professor of Religious Studies, Allegheny College

• Acknowledgements ; Preface ; Chapter 1 Introduction ; Chapter 2 Eroticism, Violence, and Sacrifice ; Chapter 3 Excess, Time, and the Pure Gift ; Chapter 4 Genealogy, Power, and Discourse ; Chapter 5 Hermeneutics, Comparison, and Difference ; Chapter 6 The Problematic Nature of Representational Thinking ; Chapter 7 Responding to the Postmodern Challenge ; Notes ; Bibliography ; Index

The Allure Decadent Thinking is something that has been crying out to be done. It contributes to new understanding. It makes important corrections to well-established views. It adds a new approach to the study of religion. In short, it makes a most valuable and original contribution to the ongoing formation of religious studies as a discipline in the modern university.

Professor of Religious Studies, Allegheny College

• Acknowledgements ; Preface ; Chapter 1 Introduction ; Chapter 2 Eroticism, Violence, and Sacrifice ; Chapter 3 Excess, Time, and the Pure Gift ; Chapter 4 Genealogy, Power, and Discourse ; Chapter 5 Hermeneutics, Comparison, and Difference ; Chapter 6 The Problematic Nature of Representational Thinking ; Chapter 7 Responding to the Postmodern Challenge ; Notes ; Bibliography ; Index

The Allure Decadent Thinking is something that has been crying out to be done. It contributes to new understanding. It makes important corrections to well-established views. It adds a new approach to the study of religion. In short, it makes a most valuable and original contribution to the ongoing formation of religious studies as a discipline in the modern university.

Professor of Religious Studies, Allegheny College

• Acknowledgements ; Preface ; Chapter 1 Introduction ; Chapter 2 Eroticism, Violence, and Sacrifice ; Chapter 3 Excess, Time, and the Pure Gift ; Chapter 4 Genealogy, Power, and Discourse ; Chapter 5 Hermeneutics, Comparison, and Difference ; Chapter 6 The Problematic Nature of Representational Thinking ; Chapter 7 Responding to the Postmodern Challenge ; Notes ; Bibliography ; Index

The Allure Decadent Thinking is something that has been crying out to be done. It contributes to new understanding. It makes important corrections to well-established views. It adds a new approach to the study of religion. In short, it makes a most valuable and original contribution to the ongoing formation of religious studies as a discipline in the modern university.