Martydom and memory
Subtitle: early Christian culture making
By: Elizabeth A. Castelli.
Publisher: Columbia University Press
Published: 2004
Place of publication: New York, NY
Language: eng
Number of pages: 335
Description: "Martyrs are produced, Elizabeth Castelli suggests, not by the lived experience of particular historical individuals but by the stories that are later told about them. And the formulaic character of stories about past suffering paradoxically serves specific theological, cultural, or political ends in the present. Martyrdom and Memory explores the central role of persecution in the early development of Christian idea, institutions, and cultural forms and shows how the legacy of Christian martyrdom plays out in today's world."--BOOK JACKET.