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Radical Martyrdom and Cosmic Conflict in Early Christianity

by Uk) Dr Paul Middleton (university Of Chester

  • Hardback
  • 224 pages
  • Publisher: Continuum
  • 15.6 x 23.4 x 1.5 cm

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In the early Church, several views on martyrdom co-existed. The 'orthodox' position, generally accepted by scholars, was that a Christian should choose martyrdom rather than deny the Faith, but should not, on any account, court death. Although it has been recognized that some in the early Church did in fact seek out death, by giving themselves over to arrest, most scholars have dismissed these martyrs as 'deviant,' 'heretical,' and not displaying 'the normal Christian attitude to martyrdom.' Therefore, instances of volitional, or radical martyrdom, have been largely ignored in scholarly investigation into the theology and origins of Christian martyrdom. However, this project argues that, far from being a deviant strand of early Christianity, radical martyrdom was a significant, and widely held idealized form of Christ-devotion in the late first to early third centuries. Since scholars have largely carried out historical and theological investigations without reference to radical martyrdom, their conclusions are incomplete.;This project aims to make up for this omission, re-examining the presentation, theology, and origins of Christian martyrdom up to the beginning of the Decian persecutions. Christian martyrdom is placed within the heritage of Jewish War tradition, with each martyr making an important contribution to the cosmic conflict between Satan and God.
Radical Martyrdom and Cosmic Conflict in Early Christianity and After Paul Left Corinth
After Paul Left CorinthRadical Martyrdom and Cosmic Conflict in Early Christianity

  • Book Format

    hardback

  • Publisher

    Continuum

  • Published

    June 2006

  • Weight

    491g

  • Page Count

    224

  • Dimensions

    15.6 x 23.4 x 1.5 cm

  • ISBN

    9780567041647

  • ISBN-10

    0567041646

  • Eden Code

    119253

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