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Sacrifice Unveiled: The True Meaning of Christian Sacrifice 1st Edition

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  • Paperback: 280 pages
  • Publisher: Bloomsbury T&T Clark; 1 edition (June 13, 2009)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0567034216
  • ISBN-13: 978-0567034212
  • Product Dimensions: 6.1 x 0.6 x 9.2 inches
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4.0 out of 5 starsSome very good insights but tone and argumentation is problematic from perspective of Catholic orthodoxy
By Aquinas on June 21, 2009
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This book has some valuable insights into sacrifice. However, Catholics who wish to continue thinking with the mind of the Church should note that the tone and some of Daly's arguments are not in harmony with the teaching of the Catholic Church.
Daly's book on sacrifice is the fruit of a lifetime's thinking on the issue of what precisely is the function of sacrifice in Christianity. The first point to note is that Daly subscribes to Rene Girard's anthropology. Girard's theory is that the sacrifice of the Cross unmasks what has been going on since the foundation of the world, namely that the cornerstone of all cultures rests on the blood of a scapegoat who has been ritually murdered to bring about peace within the community. Far from being an atoning sacrifice, Christ's death reveals this mechanism and neutralizes it. Girard's theory is decidedly unsympathetic to Anselm's theory of atonement. Nonetheless, its an interesting theory and Daly has assimilated it.

Daly is right in detecting that in Judaism, there is a spiritualizing process when it comes to cultic sacrifices. For Daly, Christianity brings cultic sacrifices to an end. Building on the work of Kilmartin, Daly shows that true sacrifice for Christians takes on the dynamic life of the Trinity, a self-offering with Jesus in the Spirit to the Father in a life of service to others. This is all well and good and Daly's analysis is commendable.

There are however some serious problems with the work. For a Catholic priest, Daly is decidedly low Church to use Anglican terminology. For example, his theology of the Eucharist (page 2 and 182) is not only not Catholic, it does not stack up philosophically. For Daly, there is no Eucharist if there is no concomitant transformation of the assembly.Read more ›
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4.0 out of 5 starsCatholics will benefit most from this book
By Jeremy Myers - Writing at RedeemingGod on September 15, 2015
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This book presented a non-violent reading of Scripture in light of Girard's mimetic theory, but more than anything, this book was a defense of how the Catholic Mass could still be practiced and not be viewed as a perpetual sacrifice. As such, it might primarily be helpful for Catholics.
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