Download or read book The Myth of Persecution written by Candida Moss and published by Harper Collins. This book was released on 2013-03-05 with total page 247 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An expert on early Christianity reveals how the early church invented stories of Christian martyrs—and how this persecution myth persists today. According to church tradition and popular belief, early Christians were systematically persecuted by a brutal Roman Empire intent on their destruction. As the story goes, vast numbers of believers were thrown to the lions, tortured, or burned alive because they refused to renounce Christ. But as Candida Moss reveals in The Myth of Persecution, the “Age of Martyrs” is a fiction. There was no sustained 300-year-long effort by the Romans to persecute Christians. Instead, these stories were pious exaggerations; highly stylized rewritings of Jewish, Greek, and Roman noble death traditions; and even forgeries designed to marginalize heretics, inspire the faithful, and fund churches. The traditional story of persecution is still invoked by church leaders, politicians, and media pundits who insist that Christians were—and always will be—persecuted by a hostile, secular world. While violence against Christians does occur in select parts of the world today, the rhetoric of persecution is both misleading and rooted in an inaccurate history of the early church. By shedding light on the historical record, Moss urges modern Christians to abandon the conspiratorial assumption that the world is out to get them.

Download or read book The Violence of the Lamb written by Paul Middleton and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2018-05-03 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The act of martyrdom in the worldview of the Apocalypse has been considered to be an exemplification of non-violent resistance. Paul Middleton argues here, however, that it is in fact a representation of direct participation by Christians, through their martyrdom, in divine violence against those the author of Revelation portrays as God's enemies. Middleton shows that acceptance of martyrdom is to grasp the invitation to participate in the Revelation's divine violence. Martyrs follow the model laid down by the Lamb, who was not only slain, but resurrected, glorified, and who executes judgement. The world created by the Apocalypse encourages readers to conquer the Beast through martyrdom, but also through the experience of resurrection and being appointed judges. In this role, martyrs participate in the judgement of the wicked by sharing the Lamb's power to judge. Different from eschewing violence, the conceptual world of the Apocalypse portrays God, the Lamb, and the martyrs as possessing more power, might, and violent potential than the Emperor and his armies. Middleton believes that martyrdom and violence are necessary components of the worldview of Revelation.

Download or read book The Martyr and the Traitor written by Virginia DeJohn Anderson and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2017 with total page 289 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Prologue: lives, interrupted -- Fathers and sons -- Moses and Phoebe -- Son of Linonia -- The unhappy misunderstanding -- More extensive public service -- A very genteel looking fellow -- The terrible crisis of my earthly fate -- Post mortem

Download or read book Fooling Ourselves written by Harry C. Triandis and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2008-12-30 with total page 274 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Self-deception occurs because we often see the world the way we would like it to be, rather than the way it is. Our brains so long for things the way we want them, we might not even be aware we are fooling ourselves, explains author Harry Triandis, a widely known Professor Emeritus of Psychology. Across cultures and around the world, self-deception is a phenomenon that has subtle and profound effects on everyday life, explains Triandis, also former president of the International Association of Cross-Cultural Psychology. In this work, he not only explains how and why self-deceptions occur in three areas - politics, religion, and terrorism - but also how to recognize and reduce the frequency of fooling ourselves. Insights here include consideration of personal and societal self-deceptions, as well as extensive understanding of how politics, ideologies, and religions can frame reality for each of us in such a way that it is, in our minds, warped so the stage is well-set for self-deception. This text will be of special interest to general readers drawn to politics and religion, as well as scholars of psychology, anthropology, and sociology.

Download or read book Societal Deception written by Geoffrey Lawrence and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on with total page 474 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book The History of the Martyrs Epitomised written by Thomas Mall and published by . This book was released on 1747 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book A Critical and Historical Review of Fox s Book of Martyrs Shewing the Inaccuracies Falsehoods and Misrepresentations in that Work of Deception written by William Eusebius Andrews and published by . This book was released on 1824 with total page 422 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book The History of the Martyrs epitomised A Cloud of Witnesses or the Sufferers Mirrour collected out of Ecclesiastical Histories etc With a recommendatory preface by J Flavell written by Thomas MALL and published by . This book was released on 1790 with total page 58 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Deception written by Robert M. Clark and published by CQ Press. This book was released on 2018-01-12 with total page 313 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Bridging the divide between theory and practice, Deception: Counterdeception and Counterintelligence provides a thorough overview of the principles of deception and its uses in intelligence operations.

Download or read book Foxe s Book of Martyrs written by John Foxe and published by . This book was released on 1911 with total page 452 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Rahab defended and lies shown in their true colours by the light of God s Word and Christian experience written by Jabez WHITTERIDGE and published by . This book was released on 1866 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Fox s Original and Complete Book of Martyrs A new edition Now carefully revised corrected and improved by a Minister of the Gospel i e P Wright Embellished with near 300 elegant engravings written by John Foxe and published by . This book was released on 1811 with total page 616 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Foxe s Book of Martyrs written by John Foxe and published by Ambassador International. This book was released on 2017-09-11 with total page 381 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This Christian classic tells the stories of brave men and women who were martyred for their faith in the fourteenth through sixteenth centuries.

Download or read book The Book of Martyrs Or Christian Martyrology Containing an Authentic and Historical Relation of Many Dreadful Persecutions Against the Church of Christ from the Death of Abel to the Beginning of the Nineteenth Century Being a Particular Account of All the Martyrs of the Old and New Testaments and the Ten Great Persecutions Under the Roman Emperors with the Persecutions Exercised by the Papists in England and Other Parts of Europe Including Every Important Relation in Fox s Book of Martyrs and Also All the Essential Parts of Every Work on the Subject which Has Appeared Since that Publication written by John Foxe and published by . This book was released on 1803 with total page 1224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book The Book of Martyrs Forming a complete history of martyrdom from the commencement of Christianity to the present time Revised corrected improved by the Revd John Malham Embellished with a series of superior engravings etc With a portrait written by John Foxe and published by . This book was released on 1837 with total page 1096 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book The Military Guide to Disarming Deception written by Col. David J. Giammona and published by Baker Books. This book was released on 2022-08-09 with total page 225 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Time Is Running Out--Are You Battle Ready? Military leaders throughout history have used the strategy of deception to win wars--and Satan is a master strategist. He and his forces have enveloped the world in an unprecedented age of mass media disinformation, government psychological operations, social media censorship and other sophisticated mind-control techniques. In this eye-opening book, military and religious expert Colonel David J. Giammona and Pulitzer Prize-nominated journalist Troy Anderson equip you to recognize--and resist--the propaganda and deceptive ideologies infiltrating the Church and society. The last days are coming. And if we don't know how to fight the enemy's pervasive lies, we will be swept away by them. Here are the powerful military and spiritual tactics you need to stand against the devil's rampant deceptions and be a light to a world in darkness. "This book will prepare you to recognize and counter deception not only in politics, religion, media and science, but especially in yourself."--HUGH ROSS, astrophysicist; founder and president, Reasons to Believe "A life-changing, hard-hitting and deeply insightful book. It's the training manual for the coming revival and revolution of the Church."--DR. ROBERT JEFFRESS, pastor; professor; television host, Pathway to Victory

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