Martyrdom, violence, and dignity
| dc.contributor.author | Brown, Alease | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2023-03-02T11:24:00Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2023-03-02T11:24:00Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2019 | |
| dc.description.abstract | This article reconsiders historically based arguments for Christian martyrdom, subjecting the tradition to an analysis suited to liberation of the marginalized. It begins with a description of the historical development of scholarship on martyrdom. From there, the essay analyzes Moss�s arguments regarding the discursive use of the image of the martyr, alongside Recla�s arguments regarding the Christian martyr as autothanatos, one who enacts self-death. Moss and Recla demonstrate the simultaneous fabrication and erasure of violence from the narratives of martyrdom. The article reconciles these opposing conclusions by applying the contextual lens of honor/shame to the analysis of martyrdom. Doing so reveals that, more than attempts to emphasize violence and/or suffering, martyrs, as culturally marginalized persons, represent for early Christians, the ideal Christian life- -attitude of the marginalized, which is that of making radical claims of and to human dignity | en_US |
| dc.identifier.citation | Brown, A. (2019). Martyrdom, violence, and dignity. Estudos Teologicos, 59 (1) , 133-151. http://dx.doi.org/10.22351/et.v59i1.3618 | en_US |
| dc.identifier.issn | 2237-6461 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://dx.doi.org/10.22351/et.v59i1.3618 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/10566/8497 | |
| dc.language.iso | en | en_US |
| dc.publisher | Escola Superior Teologia | en_US |
| dc.subject | Martyrdom | en_US |
| dc.subject | Violence | en_US |
| dc.subject | Religion | en_US |
| dc.subject | Culture | en_US |
| dc.subject | Humanity | en_US |
| dc.title | Martyrdom, violence, and dignity | en_US |
| dc.type | Article | en_US |
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