Through sacrifice and unwavering faith, Abraham’s covenant with God prefigures the greater fulfillment in Christ, as depicted ...

War can be understood as a modern, secular form of human sacrifice and a manifestation of sacrificial logic, particularly when viewed through the lens of ritual, symbolism and communal narratives.

On the seventh day, the altar was circled seven times ... and constitute an acceptable sacrifice to the Lord. These activities replace the Temple sacrificial system as the means to access God.

The Altar of Land and Grain in Zhongshan Park was the site of imperial sacrifices to the gods of land (she) and grain (ji) in the Ming and Qing. The altar is a three-tiered square platform built ...

Hiking through Copán and coming across this stele and altar, one might be taken aback. The face on the altar, on which the Mayas made sacrifices, seems frightening to us today. The stele represents ...