Religious Violence in the Ancient World
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A comparative examination and interpretation of religious violence in the Graeco-Roman world and Late Antiquity.
A comparative examination and interpretation of religious violence in the Graeco-Roman world and Late Antiquity.
Ancient Christianity had an ambivalent stance toward violence. Jesus had instructed his disciples to love their enemies, and in the first centuries Christians w
In Violence and Belief in Late Antiquity, Thomas Sizgorich seeks to understand why and how violent expressions of religious devotion became central to the self-
Violence has always played a part in the religious imagination, from symbols and myths to legendary battles, from colossal wars to the theater of terrorism. The
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