Diane Fruchtman

Living Martyrs in Late Antiquity and Beyond (eBook, PDF)

Surviving Martyrdom

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

This book shows that living martyrdom was an important spiritual aspiration in the late antique Latin west. It studies three authors who attempted to create a new paradigm of martyrdom focused on living, rather than dying, for God.

Suitable for those interested in Christian history, religious studies, and martyrological discourse.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 294
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Februar 2023
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781000630879
• Artikelnr.: 64289439

Autorenporträt

Diane Shane Fruchtman is an Assistant Professor of Religion at Rutgers University, the State University of New Jersey.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction-Rethinking Martyrdom
1. Destabilizing Death: Prudentius's Peristephanon
2. Modeling the Living Martyr: Witness in and Through Poetry
3. Paulinus of Nola and the Living Martyr
4. Making Martyrs in the Nolan Countryside
5. Non Poena Sed Causa
6. Augustine and the Life of Martyrdom
Conclusion-Surviving Martyrdom: History
Historiography
and Power.