Sacred Violence: African Christians and Sectarian Hatred in
ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Shaw, Brent D., PUBLISHER: Cambridge University Press, One route to understong>andong>ing ong>ong>theong>ong> nature ong>ofong> specifically religious violence is ong>ong>theong>ong> study ong>ofong> past conflicts. Distinguished ancient historian Brent D. Shaw provides a new analysis ong>ofong> ong>ong>theong>ong> intense sectarian battles between ong>ong>theong>ong> Catholic ong>andong> Donatist churches ong>ofong> North Africa in late antiquity, in which Augustine played a central ong>roleong> as Bishop ong>ofong> Hippo. ong>ong>Theong>ong> development ong>andong> deployment ong>ofong> images ong>ofong> hatred, including that ong>ofong> ong>ong>theong>ong> heretic, ong>ong>theong>ong> pagan, ong>andong> ong>ong>theong>ong> Jew, ong>andong> ong>ong>theong>ong> modes by which ong>ong>theong>ong>se were most effectively employed, including ong>ong>theong>ong> oral world ong>ofong> ong>ong>theong>ong> sermon, were critical to promoting acts ong>ofong> violence. Shaw explores how ong>ong>theong>ong> emerging ecclesiastical structures ong>ofong> ong>ong>theong>ong> Christian church, on one side, ong>andong> those ong>ofong> ong>ong>theong>ong> Roman imperial state, on ong>ong>theong>ong> oong>ong>theong>ong>r, interacted to repress or excite violent action. Finally, ong>ong>theong>ong> meaning ong>andong> construction ong>ofong> ong>ong>theong>ong> acts ong>ong>theong>ong>mselves, including ong>ong>theong>ong> Western idea ong>ofong> suicide, are shown to emerge from ong>ong>theong>ong> conflict itself. Acquista Ora