Research Catalog

Title

Wiley Blackwell companion to Christian martyrdom / edited by Paul Middleton.

Publication

Hoboken : John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 2020.

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Details

Additional Authors

Middleton, Paul, 1970-

Description

xvii, 536 pages; 25 cm.

Summary

"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. While today, the martyr might be associated with Islam, martyrdom was and remains a significant factor in the development of Christianity and Christian identity, and was no less controversial. From its origins as a small persecuted sect at the fringes of the Roman Empire to the world's largest religion, martyrdom has been a crucial element in Christian identity formation. This unique and authoritative volume brings together more than 30 authors to reflect on the contested place of martyrdom in Christianity from its troubled beginnings, the fires of the Reformation, expansion throughout the world, to the present day"--

Series Statement

Wiley Blackwell companions to religion

Uniform Title

Wiley-Blackwell companions to religion.

Subject

• Martyrdom > Christianity

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

Introductory matters. Introduction / Paul Middleton -- Creating and contesting Christian martyrdom / Paul Middleton -- Early Christian martyrdom. The Roman persecutions / James Corke-Webster -- Martyrdom and persecution in the New Testament / Paul Middleton -- Early Jewish and Christian martyrdom / Jan Willhem van Henten -- Martyrdom in Roman context / L. Stephanie Cobb -- Themes and intertextualities in Pre-Nicene exhortations to martyrdom / Paul A. Hartog -- 4t Early Christian theologies of martyrdom / Jane D. McLarty -- Augustine and the remaking of martyrdom / Annemarié Kotzé -- Legenda aut non legenda? The quest for the literary genre of the Acts of the Martyrs / Danny Praet -- Martyrdom and gender / Robert Paul Seesngood -- Martyrdom and the creation of Christian identity / Matthew Recla -- Martyrdom in the Medieval and Reformation world. Early Chrisitan martyr cults / David L. Eastman -- A middle (Byzantine) martyr: the power and point of productive suffering / Brenda Llewellyn Ihssen Bohemian martyrdom at the dawn of the Reformation / Thomas A. Fudge -- Does the cause make the martyr? Sebastian Castellio and John Calvin debate the execution of Michael Servetus / Nicholas Thompson -- Anabaptist martyrdom / Lloyd K. Piertersen -- Englands' Eusebius: John Foxe and the Acts and monuments / Sarah Covington -- The Elizabethan martyrs / Victor Houliston and Aislinn Muller -- The blood of the Martrys is the seed of the nation: martyrdom in Reformation England / Susan Royal -- Martyrdom in global perspective. Martyrdom in Roman Catholic perspective / Lawrence S. Cunningham -- The Franciscans / Christopher MacEvitt -- Christian martyrdom in Asia: bearing testimony to the love of God / Peter C. Phan -- Christian martyrdom in Korea / Franklin Rausch -- Christian martyrdom in Africa / Kevin Ward -- "Dying well" in Latin America: Christian martyrdom, religion and politics / María Soledad Catoggio -- Martydom in modern America / Scott W. Hoffman -- Legacies of martyrdom. Martyrdom discourse in contemporary U.S. war-culture / Kelly Denton-Borhaug -- Digital representations of martyrdom / Jonas Kurlberg, Jolyon Mitchell -- The legacy and future of Christian martyrdom / Michael P. Jensen.

Call Number

JFF 20-1255

ISBN

• 9781119099826
• 111909982X
• 9781119100041 (canceled/invalid)
• 9781119100027 (canceled/invalid)

LCCN

2019053462

OCLC

1129392000

Title

Wiley Blackwell companion to Christian martyrdom / edited by Paul Middleton.

Publisher

Hoboken : John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 2020.

Type of Content

text

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Series

Wiley Blackwell companions to religion

Wiley-Blackwell companions to religion.

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Added Author

Middleton, Paul, 1970- editor.

Other Form:

Online version: Wiley Blackwell companion to Christian martyrdom First edition. Hoboken : Wiley, 2020. 9781119100041 (DLC) 2019053463

Research Call Number

JFF 20-1255