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Creating and Contesting Christian Martyrdom

Middleton, Paul
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2020-01-30
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This essay examines the way in which martyrdom narratives are not primarily accounts of a death, but literature that reflects a wider conflict in which the martyr represents a community against their real or perceived enemies. It examines the process of martyr making.
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Middleton, P. (2020). Creating and contesting Christian martyrdom. In P. Middleton (Ed.), The Wiley Blackwell Companion to Christian Martyrdom (pp. 12–29). Wiley.
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9781119099826
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https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1002/9781119100072.ch2