Memory of Violence

Syriac Christianity and the Radicalization of Religious Difference in Late Antiquity

Inbunden, Engelska, 2025

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Through the fifth and sixth centuries, major divisions rocked Christianity as different factions vied to make their teachings the doctrine of the Roman Empire’s imperial church. In the aftermath of the Council of Chalcedon in 451, miaphysite Christians, often targeted as heretics by the imperial church, confronted periodic violence and persecution. In this book, Christine Shepardson reshapes our understanding of late antiquity by centering Syriac Christianity in these complex and politicized doctrinal conflicts. Drawing on critical studies of violence and memory, she traces narratives of resistance and other rhetorical strategies by which miaphysite leaders radicalized their followers to endure physical deprivation and harm rather than abandon their church community.

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Utgivningsdatum2025-08-05
Mått152 x 229 x 25 mm
Vikt635 g
FormatInbunden
SpråkEngelska
Antal sidor332
FörlagUniversity of California Press
ISBN9780520413535

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Contents AcknowledgmentsList of AbbreviationsNotes on Translation and TransliterationChronology of Key DatesList of Key FiguresMaps Introduction: An Imperial Church in Turmoil1. Historical Foundations: Social Networks and Regional Diversity2. Genealogies of Orthodoxy: Remembering the Saints3. Genealogies of Heresy: Remembering Nestorius and Chalcedon4. Victims of Violence: Narratives of Suffering and Persecution5. Suffering Now or Later: Prophecy and the Final Judgment6. Ritual Flash Points: Performing Radical Difference7. Give It Up for God: John of Ephesus and the Later Sixth Century BibliographyIndex