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Old 05-20-2008, 08:56 PM   #28 (permalink)
Zankou
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Single most astonishing book I've ever read on religion:

Amazon.com: Violence and the Sacred: René Girard, Patrick Gregory: Books

It is on my top-ten list of most mind-blowing books I've read. Other terrific books in this area:

Amazon.com: Violent Origins: Walter Burkert, Rene Girard, and Jonathan Z. Smith on Ritual Killing and Cultural Formation: Walter Burkert, Rene Girard, Jonathan Smith, Robert Hamerton-Kelly: Books

Amazon.com: The Broken World of Sacrifice: An Essay in Ancient Indian Ritual: J. C. Heesterman: Books
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