What is the place-if any-for violence in the Christian life? Christian Martyrdom and Christian Violence: On Suffering and Wielding the Sword explores the tension between Christianity's historic reverence for martyrdom (suffering violence for faith) and Christianity's historical support of a just war ethic (involving the inflicting of violence). While the book considers the possibility that the two are unreconcilable, it also argues that they are ultimately compatible; but their compatibility requires a more humanized portrait of the Christian martyr as well as a stricter approach to the justified use of violence.…mehr
What is the place-if any-for violence in the Christian life? Christian Martyrdom and Christian Violence: On Suffering and Wielding the Sword explores the tension between Christianity's historic reverence for martyrdom (suffering violence for faith) and Christianity's historical support of a just war ethic (involving the inflicting of violence). While the book considers the possibility that the two are unreconcilable, it also argues that they are ultimately compatible; but their compatibility requires a more humanized portrait of the Christian martyr as well as a stricter approach to the justified use of violence.
Matthew D. Lundberg is Professor of Religion and Director of the de Vries Institute for Global Faculty Development at Calvin University in Grand Rapids, Michigan. He is the co-author of An Introduction to Christian Theology (Cambridge University Press), forthcoming in its second edition.
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Contents Preface Acknowledgments Introduction: Naming the Christian Martyrs 1. Identifying Martyrdom The Origins of "Martyrdom" Action and Passion in Christian Martyrdom Violent Action and Martyrdom? The Question of Violence in the Christian Life and the Criteria of Martyrdom (I) 2. Nonviolence as Criterion of Martyrdom? The Biblical Case for Pacifism Christian Pacifism in History Martyrdom in Anabaptist Perspective Nonviolence and the Imitatio Christi The Criteria of Martyrdom (II) 3. The Just War and the Horizon of Martyrdom The Rise of the "Just War" in Christian Ethics Christian Just War Teaching The Logic of Christian Just War Thinking Criticisms of Christian Just War Thinking 4. Soldiers and Saints, Magistrates and Martyrs Soldiers as Martyrs and Saints in the Early Church Saints, Martyrs, and the Institutions of Medieval Christendom Magistrate Martyrs in the Era of Reformation Martyr Claims in the European Wars of Religion Interlude: Colonialism, Mission, and Martyrdom Holy War and Just War 5. Violence, Jesus, and Just War Reasoning The Nature and Varieties of Violence Jesus and (Non)Violence Christian Violence, Jesus, and the Biblical God Weighing the Just War Ethic 6. Christian Calling and the Ideal of Martyrdom in the Real World Christian "Realism" Christian Calling in the Real World Interlude: Military Calling, Moral Injury, and Just War Teaching The Theology of Sainthood (I) The Criteria of Martyrdom (III) 7. Violence and the Christian Life in the Light of Martyrdom The Rhetorical Function of Martyrdom Restraining the "Necessities" of Realism Christian Soldiers and the Criteria of Martyrdom (IV) Soldiers, Society, and the Church The Theology of Sainthood (II) Epilogue: The Logic and Absurdity of Violence Bibliography Index
Contents Preface Acknowledgments Introduction: Naming the Christian Martyrs 1. Identifying Martyrdom The Origins of "Martyrdom" Action and Passion in Christian Martyrdom Violent Action and Martyrdom? The Question of Violence in the Christian Life and the Criteria of Martyrdom (I) 2. Nonviolence as Criterion of Martyrdom? The Biblical Case for Pacifism Christian Pacifism in History Martyrdom in Anabaptist Perspective Nonviolence and the Imitatio Christi The Criteria of Martyrdom (II) 3. The Just War and the Horizon of Martyrdom The Rise of the "Just War" in Christian Ethics Christian Just War Teaching The Logic of Christian Just War Thinking Criticisms of Christian Just War Thinking 4. Soldiers and Saints, Magistrates and Martyrs Soldiers as Martyrs and Saints in the Early Church Saints, Martyrs, and the Institutions of Medieval Christendom Magistrate Martyrs in the Era of Reformation Martyr Claims in the European Wars of Religion Interlude: Colonialism, Mission, and Martyrdom Holy War and Just War 5. Violence, Jesus, and Just War Reasoning The Nature and Varieties of Violence Jesus and (Non)Violence Christian Violence, Jesus, and the Biblical God Weighing the Just War Ethic 6. Christian Calling and the Ideal of Martyrdom in the Real World Christian "Realism" Christian Calling in the Real World Interlude: Military Calling, Moral Injury, and Just War Teaching The Theology of Sainthood (I) The Criteria of Martyrdom (III) 7. Violence and the Christian Life in the Light of Martyrdom The Rhetorical Function of Martyrdom Restraining the "Necessities" of Realism Christian Soldiers and the Criteria of Martyrdom (IV) Soldiers, Society, and the Church The Theology of Sainthood (II) Epilogue: The Logic and Absurdity of Violence Bibliography Index
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