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Christian martyrdom and Christian violence : on suffering and wielding the sword / Matthew D. Lundberg.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Lundberg, Matthew D., author.
- Series:
- Oxford scholarship online.
- Oxford scholarship online
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Martyrdom--Christianity.
- Martyrdom.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (296 pages).
- Place of Publication:
- New York, New York : Oxford University Press, [2021]
- Summary:
- What is the place - if any - for violence in the Christian life? This book explores the tension between Christianity's historic reverence for martyrdom (suffering violence for faith) and Christianity's historical support of a just war ethic (involving the inflicting of violence). While the book considers the possibility that the two are unreconcilable, it also argues that they are ultimately compatible; but their compatibility requires a more humanized portrait of the Christian martyr as well as a stricter approach to the justified use of violence.
- Notes:
- Also issued in print: 2021.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 0-19-756661-8
- 0-19-756662-6
- 0-19-756660-X
- OCLC:
- 1236899603
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