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Titre(s) : Heirs of Roman persecution [Texte imprimé] : studies on a Christian and para-Christian discourse in late antiquity / edited by Éric Fournier and Wendy Mayer
Publication : Abingdon ; New York (N.Y.) : Routledge, 2020
Description matérielle : 1 vol. (XIV-347 p.) ; 25 cm
Note(s) : Bibliogr. en fin de contributions. Index
"The subject of this book is the discourse of persecution used by Christians in Late
Antiquity (c. 300-700 CE). Through a series of detailed case studies covering the
full chronological and geographical span of the period, it investigates how the conversion
of the Roman Empire to Christianity changed the way that Christians and para-Christians
perceived the hostile treatments they received, either by fellow Christians or by
people of other religions. A closely related second goal of this volume is to encourage
scholars to think more precisely about the terminological difficulties related to
the study of persecution. Indeed, despite sustained interest in the subject, few scholars
have sought to distinguish between such closely related concepts as punishment, coercion,
physical violence, and persecution. Often, these terms are used interchangeably. While
there are no easy answers, an emphatic conclusion of the studies assembled in this
volume is that "persecution" was a malleable rhetorical label in late antique discourse,
whose meaning shifted depending on the viewpoint of the authors who used it. This
leads to our third objective: to analyze the role and function played by rhetoric
and polemic in late antique claims to be persecuted. Late antique Christian writers
who cast their present as a repetition of past persecutions often aimed to attack
the legitimacy of the dominant Christian faction through a process of othering. This
discourse also expressed a polarizing worldview in order to strengthen the group identity
of the writers' community in the midst of ideological conflicts and to encourage steadfastness
against the temptation to collaborate with the other side"
Autre(s) auteur(s) : Fournier, Éric
Mayer, Wendy (1960-....)
Sujet(s) : Persécutions -- 30-600 (Église primitive)
Indice(s) Dewey :
272 (23e éd.) = Persécutions dans l'histoire de l'Église
Identifiants, prix et caractéristiques : ISBN 978-0-8153-7512-8 (rel.)
EAN 9780815375128
Identifiant de la notice : ark:/12148/cb458102171
Notice n° :
FRBNF45810217
(notice reprise d'un réservoir extérieur)
Table des matières : The Christian discourse of persecution in late antiquity: an introduction ; Breaking
the apocalyptic frame: persecution and the rise of Constantine ; Begrudging the honor:
Julian and Christian martyrdom ; A misunderstood emperor?: Valens as a persecuting
ruler in late antique literature ; Theologies under persecution: Gregory of Nazianzus
and the Syntagmation of Aetius ; For their own good: Augustine and the rhetoric of
beneficial persecution ; In the footsteps of the Apostles of Light: persecution and
the Manichaean discourse of suffering ; "To collect gold from hidden caves": Victor
of Bita and the Vandal "persecution" of heretical barbarians in the late antique North
Africa ; "You have made common cause with their persecutors": Gelasius, the language
of persecution, and the Acacian schism ; Everyone but the kings: the rhetoric of
(non-)persecution in Gregory of Tours' Histories ; Persecutio, seductio, and the
limits of rhetorical intolerance in Visigoth's Iberia ; The city a palimpsest: rewriting
Arian violence in fifth-century historiography ; The name of ill-omen: Basiliscus
and the church in Constantinople ; Martyrs of exile: John of Ephesus and religious
persecution ; Persecution and apostasy: Christian identity during the crises of the
seventh century ; Heirs of Roman persecution: common threads in discursive strategies
across late antiquity.
