The Catholic Church teaches that Christ's offering on the Cross fulfilled the long and bloody history of sacrificial practices. Moreover, it insists that sacrifice is a central aspect of the personal lives of Christians. Yet in our age, the notions of sacrifice, blessing, and grace, as well as sin—both as they apply to one's personal life and in society at large—are in danger of obliteration.

Sacrifice: Religion and the Revitalization of Christian Life by scholar Clemens Cavallin articulates the theological language and discourse that are essential for human flourishing. Bridging the fields of religious studies and theology, this treatise asks: What is a sacrifice? What is the relation of the Christian sacrifice to those in other religions? And what is the future of sacrifice?

Providing a critique of the modern utopian projects that seek to build a non-sacrificial civilization, Sacrifice lays the foundation for a full-bodied Christian humanism which is the only true remedy for our present volatile condition.