Author: Harriet Martineau
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Abolitionists
Languages : en
Pages : 76
Book Description
The Martyr Age of the United States of America
Author: Harriet Martineau
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Abolitionists
Languages : en
Pages : 76
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Abolitionists
Languages : en
Pages : 76
Book Description
The Martyr Age of the United States
Author: Harriet Martineau
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Abolitionists
Languages : en
Pages : 94
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Abolitionists
Languages : en
Pages : 94
Book Description
The Martyr Age in the United States of America
Author: Harriet Martineau
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Abolitionists
Languages : en
Pages : 52
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Abolitionists
Languages : en
Pages : 52
Book Description
The Myth of Persecution
Author: Candida Moss
Publisher: Harper Collins
ISBN: 0062104543
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 247
Book Description
An expert on early Christianity reveals how the early church invented stories of Christian martyrs—and how this persecution myth persists today. According to church tradition and popular belief, early Christians were systematically persecuted by a brutal Roman Empire intent on their destruction. As the story goes, vast numbers of believers were thrown to the lions, tortured, or burned alive because they refused to renounce Christ. But as Candida Moss reveals in The Myth of Persecution, the “Age of Martyrs” is a fiction. There was no sustained 300-year-long effort by the Romans to persecute Christians. Instead, these stories were pious exaggerations; highly stylized rewritings of Jewish, Greek, and Roman noble death traditions; and even forgeries designed to marginalize heretics, inspire the faithful, and fund churches. The traditional story of persecution is still invoked by church leaders, politicians, and media pundits who insist that Christians were—and always will be—persecuted by a hostile, secular world. While violence against Christians does occur in select parts of the world today, the rhetoric of persecution is both misleading and rooted in an inaccurate history of the early church. By shedding light on the historical record, Moss urges modern Christians to abandon the conspiratorial assumption that the world is out to get them.
Publisher: Harper Collins
ISBN: 0062104543
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 247
Book Description
An expert on early Christianity reveals how the early church invented stories of Christian martyrs—and how this persecution myth persists today. According to church tradition and popular belief, early Christians were systematically persecuted by a brutal Roman Empire intent on their destruction. As the story goes, vast numbers of believers were thrown to the lions, tortured, or burned alive because they refused to renounce Christ. But as Candida Moss reveals in The Myth of Persecution, the “Age of Martyrs” is a fiction. There was no sustained 300-year-long effort by the Romans to persecute Christians. Instead, these stories were pious exaggerations; highly stylized rewritings of Jewish, Greek, and Roman noble death traditions; and even forgeries designed to marginalize heretics, inspire the faithful, and fund churches. The traditional story of persecution is still invoked by church leaders, politicians, and media pundits who insist that Christians were—and always will be—persecuted by a hostile, secular world. While violence against Christians does occur in select parts of the world today, the rhetoric of persecution is both misleading and rooted in an inaccurate history of the early church. By shedding light on the historical record, Moss urges modern Christians to abandon the conspiratorial assumption that the world is out to get them.
One Life to Give
Author: John Fanestil
Publisher: Augsburg Fortress Publishers
ISBN: 1506474144
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 289
Book Description
One Life to Give explores martyrdom from its classical and Christian origins to the onset of the Revolutionary War. Fanestil shows how martyrdom animated many personal commitments to American independence, and thereby to the war. Understanding the role of martyrdom helps the reader grasp the origins of the American Revolution.
Publisher: Augsburg Fortress Publishers
ISBN: 1506474144
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 289
Book Description
One Life to Give explores martyrdom from its classical and Christian origins to the onset of the Revolutionary War. Fanestil shows how martyrdom animated many personal commitments to American independence, and thereby to the war. Understanding the role of martyrdom helps the reader grasp the origins of the American Revolution.
The Martyr and the Traitor
Author: Virginia DeJohn Anderson
Publisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 0199916861
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 289
Book Description
Prologue: lives, interrupted -- Fathers and sons -- Moses and Phoebe -- Son of Linonia -- The unhappy misunderstanding -- More extensive public service -- A very genteel looking fellow -- The terrible crisis of my earthly fate -- Post mortem
Publisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 0199916861
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 289
Book Description
Prologue: lives, interrupted -- Fathers and sons -- Moses and Phoebe -- Son of Linonia -- The unhappy misunderstanding -- More extensive public service -- A very genteel looking fellow -- The terrible crisis of my earthly fate -- Post mortem
The Martyr Age of the United States (1839)
Author: Harriet Martineau
Publisher: Literary Licensing, LLC
ISBN: 9781498179249
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 88
Book Description
This Is A New Release Of The Original 1839 Edition.
Publisher: Literary Licensing, LLC
ISBN: 9781498179249
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 88
Book Description
This Is A New Release Of The Original 1839 Edition.
The Martyr Age of the United States of America
Author: Harriet Martineau
Publisher: Hardpress Publishing
ISBN: 9781318593163
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 82
Book Description
This is a reproduction of the original artefact. Generally these books are created from careful scans of the original. This allows us to preserve the book accurately and present it in the way the author intended. Since the original versions are generally quite old, there may occasionally be certain imperfections within these reproductions. We're happy to make these classics available again for future generations to enjoy!
Publisher: Hardpress Publishing
ISBN: 9781318593163
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 82
Book Description
This is a reproduction of the original artefact. Generally these books are created from careful scans of the original. This allows us to preserve the book accurately and present it in the way the author intended. Since the original versions are generally quite old, there may occasionally be certain imperfections within these reproductions. We're happy to make these classics available again for future generations to enjoy!
The Acts of the Apostles
Author: P.D. James
Publisher: Canongate Books
ISBN: 0857861077
Category : Bibles
Languages : en
Pages : 93
Book Description
Acts is the sequel to Luke's gospel and tells the story of Jesus's followers during the 30 years after his death. It describes how the 12 apostles, formerly Jesus's disciples, spread the message of Christianity throughout the Mediterranean against a background of persecution. With an introduction by P.D. James
Publisher: Canongate Books
ISBN: 0857861077
Category : Bibles
Languages : en
Pages : 93
Book Description
Acts is the sequel to Luke's gospel and tells the story of Jesus's followers during the 30 years after his death. It describes how the 12 apostles, formerly Jesus's disciples, spread the message of Christianity throughout the Mediterranean against a background of persecution. With an introduction by P.D. James
An Early Christian Philosopher
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Christian philosophy
Languages : en
Pages : 156
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Christian philosophy
Languages : en
Pages : 156
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