Human Sacrifice: Free Audiobook and Listening Guide

Human Sacrifice, credited to John Emerich Edward Dalberg-Acton, is available as a LibriVox volunteer audiobook. This guide identifies the recording, its source summary and its audio tracks.

About the work

The LibriVox catalogue summary, preserved with the recording, reads:

LibriVox recording of Human Sacrifice by John Emerich Edward Dalberg-Acton. Read in English by Jeff Allen. This was one of Lord Acton's essays, that was in response to the publication of the letters between Sir Robert Peel and Lord Macaulay. Lord Acton hoped to refute the common prejudice that the religious practice of sacrificing human victims was not always carried out by unfeeling and uncivilized people, but was in some cases the development of an advanced theology. At the insistence of Lord Stanhope, Acton published the essay in the Home And Foreign Review in 1863. Summary by Jeff Allen.

Recording facts

• Recording title: Human Sacrifice
• Author credits: John Emerich Edward Dalberg-Acton
• Language: English
• Original MP3 tracks: 4
• Listed recording duration: 1:54:12

Catalogue topics

• religion
• human sacrifice
• religious practices
• rites
• lord acton
• john emerich edward dalberg

Track guide

1. 01 - Part 1 — 32:20
2. 02 - Part 2 — 29:04
3. 03 - Part 3 — 29:32
4. 04 - Part 4 — 25:22

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