Radical Martyrdom and Cosmic Conflict in Early Christianity. By Paul Middleton
This book explores the motivations of certain Christians who, in the later tradition, came to be dismissed as extremists transgressing behavioural boundaries by actively seeking death at the hands of pagan ‘oppressors’—oppressors whose bewilderment at an inexplicable obduracy and determination to en...
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| Format: | Electronic Review |
| Language: | English |
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Oxford University Press
2010
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The journal of theological studies
Year: 2010, Volume: 61, Issue: 1, Pages: 323-325 |
| Review of: | Radical martyrdom and cosmic conflict in early Christianity (London [u.a.] : T & T Clark, 2006) (Hammond, Carolyn)
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| Summary: | This book explores the motivations of certain Christians who, in the later tradition, came to be dismissed as extremists transgressing behavioural boundaries by actively seeking death at the hands of pagan ‘oppressors’—oppressors whose bewilderment at an inexplicable obduracy and determination to engineer confrontations is apparent in the historical sources. The aim is to prove that their eagerness for death, their (to be precise) active agency in their own destruction, was founded upon a secure basis in most of the writings which coalesced into the New Testament, and that it was widely admired and approved in the early centuries of Christianity. |
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| ISSN: | 1477-4607 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: The journal of theological studies
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1093/jts/flq034 |