Sacrifice is a work of parting. This is a book about that work. More specifically, it is a book about how Augustine saw and practiced the work of parting. It considers what his vision and life can teach about contemporary economics. But it also moves beyond Augustine and his thought to sketch the logic of an economy of sacrifice. That economy is where we live. Life is inherently sacrificial. It is conditioned, throughout, by the work of parting. So our economic transactions are always sacrificial (even when we do not see them that way). Our task is to understand what our sacrifices have to teach us about ourselves and our corporate life – and then to realign our economic culture to better acknowledge that reality now. This book takes on that task.