Sacred Violence : African Christians and Sectarian Hatred in the Age of Augustine


Brent D. Shaw
Bok Engelsk 2011 · Electronic books.
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Cambridge : Cambridge University Press , 2011
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1 online resource (932 p.)
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Description based upon print version of record.. - Cover; SACRED VIOLENCE; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Abbreviations; Maps; Acknowledgments; Introduction; CHAPTER 1 This terrible custom; A LATE ROMAN CITY; THE GANGS OF CAESAREA; A POPULAR LYNCHING; WHAT WAS VIOLENCE?; COUP D'ÉTAT; STRANGE WARS: FIRMUS TO HERACLIAN; AN AFRICAN REBEL?; ALL AFRICA GROANS; HERACLIAN; HOW VIOLENT WAS VIOLENT?; INVENTED CONNECTIONS; THE GOOD USE OF TREASON; CHAPTER 2 Church of the traitors; A PERFECT HATRED; HE WHO IS NOT WITH ME IS AGAINST ME; THE CRIME OF JUDAS; THERE ARE GOOD REASONS; WHO CARES?; CHAPTER 3 A POISONOUS BROOD OF VIPERS; DOWN THE SEWER. - Augustine of Hippo: a virtual attack (late summer 403)Possidius: Catholic Bishop of Calama (later autumn 403); Maximianus: Catholic Bishop of Bagaι ̈(October 3, 403); Restitutus: Catholic Priest of Victoriana (c. 405-06?); Marcus: Catholic priest of Casphaliana and Marcianus: Catholic Bishop of Urga (c. 405-06); COMPELLING EVIDENCE; A CLEAR AND PRESENT DANGER; HEARING THE LAW; THE STATE AND VIOLENCE; CHAPTER 12 We choose to stand; THE WAR OF KISSES; THE GRAND CONFRONTATION; IPSISSIMA VERBA; WE ARE NOT DONATISTS!; DEMOS AND DRAMATICS; THE NUMBERS GAME; NAME-CALLING; WE REFUSE TO SIT. - OUR LITTLE WAR. - THE APIARIUS AFFAIRCHAPTER 9 In the house of discipline; SPEAKING WITH BLOOD; WHOSE VOICE? WHOSE EARS?; PAMPHLET WARS; INCITEMENTS TO VIOLENCE; CHAPTER 10 Sing a new song; VOICE OF THE PEOPLE, VOICE OF GOD; THE MODEL OF MILAN; SINGING AND CHANTING; PRAISE TO GOD! PRAISE TO GOD!; MY VERY OWN SONG; KEEP IT SIMPLE: A-B-C, 1-2-3; CHAPTER 11 Kings of this world; THE BITTER DEBATE; INTERESTS OF STATE; LOCAL GOVERNMENT, LOCAL COURTS; THE MOTHER OF ALL LAWYERS; LOBBYING THE COURT; THE RAVENNA DOSSIER; Servus Dei: Catholic Bishop of Thubursicu Bure (c. 403). - THEIR COLLECTED EXCREMENTTHE FATAL NECKLACE; A STRUCTURING OF VIOLENCE; A NEW CATHOLIC STRATEGY; CHAPTER 4 Archives of memory; THE DANGEROUS STATE; THE GREAT PERSECUTION; COMMANDERS OF THE SAINTS; RITUALS OF VIOLENCE; THE DEATHS OF MAXIMIAN AND ISAAC; THE GREATEST OF SAINTS: DONATUS AND MARCULUS; "THIS BLOODY BUSINESS": THE DISSIDENTS REMEMBER; OUR DEEPER MEMORY; CHAPTER 5 The city of denial; THEY LAUGHED AT ME; CHRISTIAN TIMES; THE PROVOCATIVE STATE; CHRISTIAN GANGS AND "PAGAN" RESPONSES; VIOLENT YOUTH; THERE'S A RIOT GOING ON; DEATH IN CALAMA; CHAPTER 6 Ravens feeding on death. - TWO COMMUNITIESTHE ECONOMY OF GRACE; WHO IS NOT WITH ME IS AGAINST ME; THE ECONOMY OF GRACE?; CHRIST KILLERS; THE ORIGINAL PERSECUTORS; BLACK BIRDS; CHAPTER 7 Little foxes, evil women; OUR VERY OWN DANGER; AN ALIEN THREAT; ORIENTAL SUBVERSIVES; BAD SEX; ANIMALIZATION; CONFESSIONS; NAMING THE NAME; CHAPTER 8 Guardians of the people; RANK AND HIERARCHY; ALTERNATIVE LEADERSHIP: SENIORITY AND THE ELDERS; EXPERIENCE AND LEADERSHIP; RESOURCES AND CONFLICT; DISCIPLINA ET PROBITAS; LEADERSHIP AND VIOLENCE; INSIDE VIOLENCE; MONEY, PROPERTY, AND POWER; MANAGING CONFLICT; BAD BOY: ANTONINUS OF FUSSALA. - Employs the sectarian battles which divided African Christians in late antiquity to explore the nature of violence in religious conflicts.
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Sacred violence : African Christians and sectarian hatred in the age of Augustine
Brent D. Shaw

Bok · Engelsk · 2011

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