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Type: BOOK - Published: 1997-01-01 - Publisher: SUNY Press
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Language: en
Pages: 201
Pages: 201
Type: BOOK - Published: 2020-01-24 - Publisher: Wipf and Stock Publishers
The Purple Crown exhibits how Christianity’s ultimate act of witnessing, martyrdom, is an inherently political act. York argues that the path of Christianity
Language: en
Pages: 209
Pages: 209
Type: BOOK - Published: 2004-03-30 - Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Martyrdom is a controversial and disputed concept. Just as religion is often hijacked by politics, martyrdom is frequently ascribed to a narrow, partisan, and p
Language: en
Pages: 321
Pages: 321
Type: BOOK - Published: 2017-07-13 - Publisher: Cambridge University Press
This book examines the commonalities of Christianity, Judaism and Islam, and presents martyr narratives as a resource for resisting political violence.
Language: en
Pages: 376
Pages: 376
Type: BOOK - Published: 2004 - Publisher: Columbia University Press
Utilising a wide range of early sources, this title identifies the roots of the concept of Christian martyrdom, as lloking at how it has been expressed in event