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The Broken Fall
Hamilton Books 2009; US$ 16.99This book chronicles a writer's journey to find faith, hope, and meaning following the country's worst national disaster? Hurricane Katrina. Acknowledging that everyone experiences catastrophic events in their life, the author eloquently unveils the seasons of recovery after one of the most sensational and historical subjects of the decade. more...
Religiöse Verfolgung als Fluchtgrund am Beispiel der kurdischen Yeziden
Diplomica Verlag 2011; US$ 37.73Hauptbeschreibung Eine asylerhebliche Anerkennung religiöser Fluchtmotive wird in Deutschland nur eingeräumt, wenn das "religiöse Existenzminimum" im Herkunftsland gefährdet ist. Nach langwierigen Asylverfahren wurde in den 1980er Jahren den ersten yezidischen Flüchtlingen aus dem Herkunftsland Türkei ein Anspruch auf Asylschutz von deutschen Verwaltungsgerichten... more...
Martyrdom and Identity
Continuum International Publishing 2010; US$ 130.00What does Christian martyrdom tell us about being a self? I argue that Christian martyrdom provides a coherent and compelling narration of the self in terms of the narrative of the life and death of Jesus Christ: a narrative that orients the self in hope towards the good and turns the self towards recognition of and sacrificial service of other selves.... more...
Book of Martyrs
MobileReference.com 2010; US$ 3.99The Book of Martyrs, by John Foxe, is an apocalyptically-oriented, English Protestant account of the persecutions of Protestants, mainly in England, many of whom had died for their beliefs within the decade immediately preceding its first publication. It was first published by John Day, in 1563. Lavishly produced and illustrated with many woodcuts,... more...
To Share in the Body
Baker Publishing Group 2008; US$ 22.00To sharpen Christian witness today, Craig Hovey presents stimulating theological reflection on martyrdom through the lens of Mark. more...
Radical Martyrdom and Cosmic Conflict in Early Christianity
Continuum International Publishing 2006; US$ 140.00Several view of martyrdom co-existed in the early Church. The ‘orthodox’ position, generally accepted by scholars, was that a Christian should choose martyrdom rather than deny the Faith, but should not, on any account, court death. Although it has been recognised that some in the early Church did seek a glorified death, by giving themselves... more...
Foxe's Book of Martyrs
Baker Publishing Group 1999; US$ 6.99This Christian classic tells the stories of brave men and women who were martyred for their faith in the fourteenth through sixteenth centuries. more...
Let us die that we may live'
Taylor and Francis 2013; US$ 39.95This book presents fresh, lively translations of fourteen such homilies, the majority for the first time in English. The homilies were delivered in some of the main cities of the Greek East of the later Roman Empire, by well-known figures such as Basil of Caesarea, Gregory of Nyssa and John Chrysostom, as well as the equally gifted preachers Asterius... more...
Blood of Martyrs
Taylor and Francis 2004; US$ 44.95In The Blood of Martyrs Joyce E. Salisbury chronicles the many spectacles of violent martyrdom that took place during the first three centuries of the Christian era, describing the role of martyrdom in the development of the early Church, as well as its continuing influence on many of today's ideas. Salisbury shows through the engaging stories... more...
There Is No Crime for Those Who Have Christ
University of California Press 2005; US$ 15.95"There is no crime for those who have Christ," claimed a fifth-century zealot, neatly expressing the belief of religious extremists that righteous zeal for God trumps worldly law. This book provides an in-depth and penetrating look at religious violence and the attitudes that drove it in the Christian Roman Empire of the fourth and fifth centuries,... more...









