Martyrdom and Memory: Early Christian Culture Making
(Part of the Gender, Theory, and Religion Series)
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Martyrs are produced, Elizabeth Castelli suggests, not by the lived experience of particular historical individuals but by the stories that are later told about them. And the formulaic character of stories about past suffering paradoxically serves specific theological, cultural, or political ends in the present. Martyrdom and Memory explores the central role of persecution in the early development of Christian ideas, institutions, and cultural...
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:0231129874
ISBN13:9780231129879
Release Date:June 2007
Publisher:Columbia University Press
Length:360 Pages
Weight:1.10 lbs.
Dimensions:0.8" x 6.2" x 8.9"
Grade Range:Postsecondary and higher
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