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 Sacrifice 3. The Sacrifice of the Mass Conclusion BRIDGE 1.A: Sacrifice in the Ancient World and in the Hebrew Scriptures 1. Sacrifice in the Ancient World 2. General Theory of Sacrifice 3.

Sacrifice in the Hebrew Scriptures 4. From the Old Testament to the New BRIDGE 1.B: Sacrifice in the New Testament 1. The Synoptic Gospels 2. The Acts of the Apostles 3. The Pauline Theology of Sacrifice 4. The Temple as Community in Qumran and the New Testament 5. The Epistle to the Hebrews 6.

The Gospel and First Letter of John 7. The History-of-Religions Context of "Worship in Spirit and in Truth" 8. The Book of Revelation 9. Summary of New Testament Teaching on Christian Sacrifice Excursus: Spiritualization and Institutionalization BRIDGE 1.C: Sacrifice in the Fathers of the Church 1. The Early Writings 2. The Apologists: Justin and Athenagoras 3. Irenaeus of Lyons 4.

Hippolytus of Rome 5. The Early Treatises on the Passover 6. The Second-Century Acts of the Martyrs 7. The Alexandrian Tradition I: The Antecedents: Philo and Barnabas 8. The Alexandrian Tradition II: Christianity Coming of Age: Clement and Origen 9. Augustine of Hippo Conclusion PART TWO: Atonement and Sacrifice: The Distorting Veils - 99 1. Paul and Problems with Sacrificial Atonement 2. Anselm, Abelard, Aquinas, and Juliana of Norwich 3.

The Sacrifice of the Mass 4. Sacrifice and the Reformation BRIDGE 2.A: Post-Reformation and Modernity: Two Contrasting Poles 1. Sacrifice among the Writers of Late (Post-Enlightenment) Modernity 2. Moment-of-Consecration Theology 3. Mass-Stipend Theology: Theology in Transition BRIDGE 2.B: Liturgical Renewal and Ecumenism 1. The Monasteries 2.

Mystery Theology 3. Liturgical Conferences, Institutes, Academies and Societies 4. A High Point of Restorationism: The New Worship Books 5. The Constitution on the Sacred Liturgy BRIDGE 2.C: Sacrifice and Girardian Mimetic Theory: The End of Sacrifice? 1. General Introduction to Girardian Mimetic Theory 2. Grand Narratives in a Postmodern Age 3. Desire 4.

Original Sin as Disordered Desire 5. Original Sin: A Scientific View 6. Ren¿ Girard as Christian Theorist 7. A Phenomenology of Redemption: Imitate the Desire of Jesus 8. A Post-Scientific Epilogue PART THREE: Unveiling Sacrifice:.