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Wiley Blackwell concise companion to Christian martydom /
"Martyrdom is one of the most significant religious issues facing the world in the twenty-first century. While once praised as heroes prepared to die for their beliefs, since 9/11 the figure of the martyr is more likely to invoke fear and suspicion of their extreme uncompromising commitments. W...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Chichester :
Wiley Blackwell,
2019.
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| Colección: | Wiley-Blackwell companions to religion.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Cover
- Title Page
- Contents
- List of Contributors
- Acknowledgments
- Part I. Introductory Matters
- Chapter 1 Introduction
- Part I: Introductory Matters
- Part II: Early Christian Martyrdom
- Part III: Martyrdom in the Medieval and Reformation World
- Part IV: Martyrdom in Global Perspective
- Part V: Legacies of Martyrdom
- References
- Chapter 2 Creating and Contesting Christian Martyrdom
- Introduction: The "Problem" of Martyrdom
- Problematizing Martyrdom: Killing and Suicide in Jewish and Christian Martyrdom
- Contesting Martyrdom in Christianity
- On Defining Martyrdom
- Conclusion
- References
- Further Reading
- Part II. Early Christian Martyrdom
- Chapter 3 The Roman Persecutions
- Introduction: Minimalism from Mommsen to Moss
- Persecuting Emperors
- Violence on the Ground
- References
- Further Reading
- Chapter 4 Martyrdom and Persecution in the New Testament
- Introduction
- Persecution from the Synagogue
- Persecution by Gentiles
- Martyrdom in the New Testament Period
- Conclusion
- Note
- References
- Further Reading
- Chapter 5 Early Jewish and Christian Martyrdom
- Origins and Definitions
- Interconnections
- Correspondences
- Differences
- Note
- References
- Further Reading
- Chapter 6 Martyrdom in Roman Context
- Introduction
- Origins of Christian Martyrdom
- Christian Martyr Texts and the Noble Death Tradition
- Amphitheater and Spectacle: Roman Perspectives
- Note
- References
- Further Reading
- Chapter 7 Themes and Intertextualities in Pre-Nicene Exhortations to Martyrdom
- Introduction
- Confession vs. Denial
- Imitating/Following Christ in Suffering
- Love of the World and Worldly Affairs
- Opposition from the Devil
- Bodily Suffering and Release from the Body
- Hope and Glory
- Crowns (as Rewards) and Fire (as Punishment)
- Miscellaneous Metaphors
- Summary of Investigation
- Conclusion
- Notes
- References
- Further Reading
- Chapter 8 Early Christian Theologies of Martyrdom
- Introduction
- The Martyr and Christian Identity
- Imitation of and Participation in Christ's Suffering
- The Achievement of the Martyr: The Defeat of Satan, the Conversion of Onlookers
- The Martyr's Destiny after Death: Glory and Judgement
- Conclusion
- References
- Further Reading
- Chapter 9 Augustine and the Remaking of Martyrdom
- Introduction
- Manichaean Stimuli for Augustine's Making of Martyrdom
- Shaping Martyrdom in Reaction to Donatist Claims and Practices
- Non poena sed causa
- Suicide and the Circumcellions
- The Appropriation of Cyprian
- Transposing Martyrdom to the Metaphorical Sphere
- Rites, Relics and Miracles
- Conclusion
- Notes
- References
- Further Reading
- Chapter 10 Legenda aut non legenda? The Quest for the Literary Genre of the Acts of the Martyrs
- Introduction
- Terminology
- Function: Informative and/or Performative?