| Christians and Tyrants: The Prison Testimonies of Boethius, Thomas More and Dietrich Bonhoeffer Contributor(s): Wiebe, Donald (Editor), Scott, Jamie S. (Author) |
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ISBN: 0820422746 ISBN-13: 9780820422749 Publisher: Peter Lang Inc., International Academic Publi OUR PRICE: $64.55 Product Type: Hardcover Published: June 1995 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Biography & Autobiography - Literary Criticism | English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh - Literary Criticism | European - German |
| Dewey: B |
| LCCN: 93036535 |
| Series: Toronto Studies in Religion |
| Physical Information: 280 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - British Isles - Religious Orientation - Christian |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Conflict between religion and politics often results in a paradigm shift in cultural history. In turn, such paradigm shifts in the history of religion invariably produce martyrs. As Christianity moves from the classical to the medieval world, from the medieval to the modern, and from the modern to the postmodern, Boethius, Thomas More, and Dietrich Bonhoeffer find themselves caught amidst competing claims upon their religious and political allegiances. Imprisoned and executed by the tyrants Theodoric, Henry VIII, and Adolf Hitler, these figures explore their religious and political marginalization in the prison writings, "The Consolation of Philosophy, A Dialogue of Comfort against Tribulation," and "Letters and Papers from Prison." Using a variety of disciplinary methods, this study sheds new light on our understanding of martyrdom and the theory and practice of Christian testimony as both a literal act of self-sacrifice and a literary act of self-justification. |