A Memory of Violence

Name: A Memory of Violence | Syriac Christianity and the Radicalization of Religious Difference in Late Antiquity
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Syriac Christianity and the Radicalization of Religious Difference in Late Antiquity

Christine Shepardson(Autor*in)

Naval Institute Press

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Erschienen am 5. August 2025

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Cover
Epigraph
Title Page
Copyright
Dedication
Contents
Acknowledgments
List of Abbreviations
Notes on Translation and Transliteration
Chronology of Key Dates
List of Key Figures
Maps
Introduction: An Imperial Church in Turmoil
Navigating a Shifting Landscape
Religion, Violence, and Memory
Outline of Chapters
1. Historical Foundations: Social Networks and Regional Diversity
"Religion" and "Politics": A Regional Overview
Telling Their Stories: The Authors and Their Ties
Conclusion
2. Genealogies of Orthodoxy: Remembering the Saints
Curating Memories of Orthodoxy and Heresy: Identifying the Categories
Claiming the Heroes of the Bible
Claiming the Early Martyrs and Great Teachers of the Church
Inheriting the Orthodoxy of the Church Councils
Conclusion
3. Genealogies of Heresy: Remembering Nestorius and Chalcedon
Remembering to Recognize Christianity's Villains
Schism: Chalcedon and the Legacy of Nestorius
Heretics as Godless, Pagans, and Jews
Déjà Vu: Shared Strategies of Legitimization
Anathemas: Identity and Orthodoxy
Conclusion
4. Victims of Violence: Narratives of Suffering and Persecution
Defining Violence: Rhetoric and Perspective
Imperial Troops in Doctrinal Disputes
Witnesses and Athletes: Suffering Without Persecution
Objective Violence: Persecution and Exile
Conclusion
5. Suffering Now or Later: Prophecy and the Final Judgment
Verbal Violence: Religious Zeal for an Imminent Afterlife
Prophecy and Christian Orthodoxy: Learning to Read the Signs
Miaphysite Zeal: The Perseverance of God's Suffering Saints
God's Final Judgment: Rewards and Punishments
The End is Near: Raising the Stakes with an Imminent Eschaton
Conclusion
6. Ritual Flash Points: Performing Radical Difference
Eucharistic Visions: Matters of Life and Death
Spiritual Fornication: Stop Associating with Heretics
Practical Advice: A Deadly Drug and Mail-Order Eucharists
Conclusion
7. Give It Up for God: John of Ephesus and the Later Sixth Century
Genealogies: Role Models of Orthodoxy and Heresy
Martyrs: Mapping the Present onto the Past
Suffering in Persecution and Asceticism
Ain't Misbehavin': Material and Divine Rewards
Conclusion
Apocalypse Now: Christian Identity and the Rise of Islam
Radicalization and the Suffering of True Christians After Chalcedon
A Memory of Violence: Miaphysite Christians and the Rise of Islam
Suffering (Again): Christian Apocalypses Under ?Umayyad Rule
Conclusion
Bibliography
Index

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