History of the Martyrs in Palestine

History of the Martyrs in Palestine PDF Author: William Cureton
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Category : Christian literature, Early
Languages : en
Pages : 164

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History of the Martyrs in Palestine

History of the Martyrs in Palestine PDF Author: William Cureton
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Category : Christian literature, Early
Languages : en
Pages : 164

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The Ecclesiastical History and the Martyrs of Palestine: Introduction, notes and index

The Ecclesiastical History and the Martyrs of Palestine: Introduction, notes and index PDF Author: Eusebius (of Caesarea, Bishop of Caesarea)
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Category : Christian martyrs
Languages : en
Pages : 384

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The Ecclesiastical History and the Martyrs of Palestine

The Ecclesiastical History and the Martyrs of Palestine PDF Author: Eusebius (Pamphili, évêque de Césarée.)
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Category : Christian martyrs
Languages : en
Pages : 428

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Ecclesiastical History

Ecclesiastical History PDF Author: Sozomen
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Category : Arianism
Languages : en
Pages : 472

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Heathen

Heathen PDF Author: Kathryn Gin Lum
Publisher: Harvard University Press
ISBN: 0674275799
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 369

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Philip Schaff Prize, American Society of Church History S-USIH Book Award, Society for U.S. Intellectual History Merle Curti Award in Intellectual History, Organization of American Historians “A fascinating book...Gin Lum suggests that, in many times and places, the divide between Christian and ‘heathen’ was the central divide in American life.”—Kelefa Sanneh, New Yorker “Offers a dazzling range of examples to substantiate its thesis. Rare is the reader who could dip into it without becoming much better informed on a great many topics historical, literary, and religious. So many of Gin Lum’s examples are enlightening and informative in their own right.”—Philip Jenkins, Christian Century “Brilliant...Gin Lum’s writing style is nuanced, clear, detailed yet expansive, and accessible, which will make the book a fit for both graduate and undergraduate classrooms. Any scholar of American history should have a copy.” —Emily Suzanne Clark, S-USIH: Society for U.S. Intellectual History In this sweeping historical narrative, Kathryn Gin Lum shows how the idea of the heathen has been maintained from the colonial era to the present in religious and secular discourses—discourses, specifically, of race. Americans long viewed the world as a realm of suffering heathens whose lands and lives needed their intervention to flourish. The term “heathen” fell out of common use by the early 1900s, leading some to imagine that racial categories had replaced religious differences. But the ideas underlying the figure of the heathen did not disappear. Americans still treat large swaths of the world as “other” due to their assumed need for conversion to American ways. Race continues to operate as a heathen inheritance in the United States, animating Americans’ sense of being a world apart from an undifferentiated mass of needy, suffering peoples. Heathen thus reveals a key source of American exceptionalism and a prism through which Americans have defined themselves as a progressive and humanitarian nation even as supposed heathens have drawn on the same to counter this national myth.

The Ecclesiastical History

The Ecclesiastical History PDF Author: Eusebius
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Category : Church history
Languages : en
Pages : 594

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The History of the Church from Christ to Constantine

The History of the Church from Christ to Constantine PDF Author: Eusebius (Caesariensis.)
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Category : Christian literature, Early
Languages : en
Pages : 429

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The Ecclesiastical History of Eusebius Pamphilus

The Ecclesiastical History of Eusebius Pamphilus PDF Author: Eusebius (of Caesarea, Bishop of Caesarea)
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Category : Church history
Languages : en
Pages : 482

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Christian Martyrdom in Late Antiquity (300-450 AD)

Christian Martyrdom in Late Antiquity (300-450 AD) PDF Author: Peter Gemeinhardt
Publisher: Walter de Gruyter
ISBN: 3110263521
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 268

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The present volume’s focus lies on the formation of a multifaccetted discourse on Christian martyrdom in Late Antiquity. While martyrdom accounts remain a central means of defining Christian identity, new literary genres emerge, e.g., the Lives of Saints (Athanasius on Antony), sermons (the Cappadocians), hynms (Prudentius) and more. Authors like Eusebius of Caesarea and Augustine employ martyrological language and motifs in their apologetical and polemic writings, while the Gesta Martyrum Romanorum represent a new type of veneration of the martyrs of a single site. Beyond the borders of the Roman Empire, new martyrs’ narratives can be found. Additionally, two essays deal with methodological questions of research of such sources, thereby highlighting the hitherto understudied innovations of martyrology in Late Antiquity, that is, after the end of the persecutions of Christianity by Roman Emperors. Since then, martyrology gained new importance for the formation of Christian identity within the context of a Christianized imperium. The volume thus enlarges and specifies our knowledge of this fundamental Christian discourse.

Witness of the Body

Witness of the Body PDF Author: Michael L. Budde
Publisher: Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing
ISBN: 0802862586
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 239

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"Beginning with the persecution of early Christians by the Roman Empire, Witness of the Body explores the place of martyrdom in the church through all ages -- and into the future. Throughout, it reminds readers that Christian martyrdom is neither a quick ticket to heaven nor a cheap political ploy, but rather the firm and faithful witness of Christ's church in a hostile world."--From publisher description.