What is Sacrifice? Towards a Polythetic Definition with an Emphasis on African and Chinese Religions

Bony Schachter

doi:10.4314/ft.v11i1.13

What is Sacrifice? Towards a Polythetic Definition with an Emphasis on African and Chinese Religions

Bony Schachter

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Abstract

This paper asks a simple and yet extremely relevant question for scholars of religion: what is sacrifice? Rejecting monothetic definitions of sacrifice, I argue that the phenomenon must be understood as a polythetic class. In its two first sections, the paper discusses the evidence from African religions and Chinese religions, respectively.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	173-186
Number of pages	14
Journal	Filosofia Theoretica
Volume	11
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.4314/ft.v11i1.13
Publication status	Published - 2022
Externally published	Yes

Keywords

African religions
Chinese religions
Daoism
Sacrifice

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Cultural Studies
Religious studies
Philosophy
Sociology and Political Science

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