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Christian Martyrdom and Political Violence
註釋Cover -- Half-title page -- Title page -- Copyright page -- Dedication -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Why Martyrdom Matters -- Martyrdom through the Lens of Liberation -- Revisiting Martyrdom in Classical Antiquity -- A Theological Reading of Sacred Scripture in Comparative Perspective -- Plan of the Book -- Chapter 1 Scripture and Political Violence -- What Is Scripture? -- Liberating Violence in the Hebrew Scriptures -- Jesus Christ and Violence -- Violence in the Qur'an -- Scripture's Core Testimony: Liberation, Justice, and Compassion -- Jonah, Reluctant Prophet of Liberation -- Chapter 2 Early Christian Martyrdom and Political Violence -- "Faithful Witness": Martyrdom in the Book of Revelation -- Roman Pietas versus Christ's Lordship -- Martyr Narratives and the School of Christian Virtue -- Subverting Imperial Domination through Nonviolent Witness -- Toward a Contemporary Theology of Martyrdom -- Chapter 3 Comparative Martyrologies -- Were the Maccabeans Martyrs? -- Understanding shahīd and jihād -- Jihadism: Martyrdom as Terrorist Violence -- Jewish Nationalism and Christian Zionism: State-Sanctioned Violence -- Embracing a Shared "Faithful Witness"--Chapter 4 Martyrdom or Political Violence? -- The Constantinian Shift -- Augustine on Martyrdom: "Bearing Witness" against the Donatists -- Romero's Martyrology: The Only Violence Permissible by the Gospel -- Christian Alternatives: Just War or Nonviolence? -- Chapter 5 On Becoming a "Faithful Witness" Today -- The Trinity, Jesus, and the Gift of Peace -- The Relevance of Martyrdom for Resisting Political Violence -- The Liberating God of Jonah's Countertestimony -- Conclusion: Nonviolence as God's Preferential Witness -- References -- Subject Index -- Index of Scripture Citations