Wiley Blackwell companion to Christian martyrdom. ([2019])

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Edited by Paul Middleton.
• Editors: Middleton, Paul, 1970-
• Contents: Machine generated contents note: 1.Introduction -- 2.Creating and Contesting Christian Martyrdom / Paul Middleton -- 3.The Roman Persecutions / Paul Middleton -- 4.Martyrdom and Persecution in the New Testament / James Corke-Webster -- 5.Early Jewish and Christian Martyrdom / Paul Middleton -- 6.Martyrdom in Roman Context / Jan Willem van Henten -- 7.Themes and Intertextualities in Pre-Nicene Exhortations to Martyrdom / L. Stephanie Cobb -- 8.Early Christian Theologies of Martyrdom / Paul A. Hartog -- 9.Augustine and the Remaking of Martyrdom / Jane D. McLarty -- 10.Legenda aut non legenda? The Quest for the Literary Genre of the Acts of the Martyrs / Annemare Kotze -- 11.Martyrdom and Gender / Danny Praet -- 12.Martyrdom and the Creation of Christian Identity / Robert Paul Seesengood -- 13.Early Christian Martyr Cults / Matthew Recla -- 14.A Middle (Byzantine) Martyr: The Power and Point of Productive Suffering / David L. Eastman -- 15.Bohemian Martyrdom at the Dawn of the Reformation / Brenda Llewellyn Ihssen -- 16.Does the Cause make the Martyr? Sebastian Castellio and John Calvin Debate the Execution of Michael Servetus / Thomas A. Fudge -- 17.Anabaptist Martyrdom / Nicholas Thompson -- 18.England's Eusebius: John Foxe and the Acts and Monuments / Lloyd K. Pietersen -- 19.The Elizabethan Martyrs / Sarah Covington -- 20.The Blood of the Martyrs is the Seed of the Nation: Martyrdom in Reformation England / Victor Houliston / Aislinn Muller -- 21.Martyrdom in Roman Catholic Perspective / Susan Royal -- 22.The Franciscans / Lawrence S. Cunningham -- 23.Christian Martyrdom in Asia: Bearing Testimony to the Love of God / Christopher MacEvitt -- 24.Christian Martyrdom in Korea / Peter C. Phan -- 25.Christian Martyrdom in Africa / Franklin Rausch -- 26."Dying Well" in Latin America: Christian Martyrdom, Religion and Politics / Kevin Ward -- 27.Martyrdom in Modern America / Maria Soledad Catoggio -- 28.Martyrdom Discourse in Contemporary U.S. War-culture / Scott W. Hoffman -- 29.Digital Representations of Martyrdom / Kelly Denton-Borhaug -- 30.The Legacy and Future of Christian Martyrdom / Jolyon Mitchell / Jonas Kurlberg.
• Publisher Details: Hoboken : Wiley
• Publication Date: 2019
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: 272; Martyrdom -- Christianity; Martyrdom -- Christianity; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781119100027; 9781119100041; 1119100046; 1119100070; 9781119100072
• Related ISBNs: 111910002X; 9781119099826
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Description based on print version record and CIP data provided by publisher.
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