Passion Narratives of Saints Perpetua, Felicity, and Their Fellow Martyrs
Passion Narratives of Saints Perpetua, Felicity, and Their Fellow Martyrs
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Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
ISBN: 9781666957945
Number of Pages: 224
Published: 17/07/2024
Width: 15.9 cm
Height: 23.5 cm
The Passion Narratives of Saints Perpetua, Felicity, and Their Fellow Martyrs presents a critical translation of three hagiographical masterpieces of late antiquity and a series of accompanying essays. The translation by Francis J. Hunter includes the two Acta Brevia narratives as companion texts and supplements to the Passio Sanctarum proper. The interdisciplinary essays feature input from scholars in the fields of literature, theology, psychology, and classics, who each illustrate the dynamic and rich nature of the text. Each chapter of the book is written to teach, rather than critique, the text for students or readers who wish to learn about Perpetua and Felicity, early Christianity, or the Roman empire and its relationship with the emergent Christian religion.
Introduction: Why Perpetua, Francis J. Hunter
Part I
Chapter 1: Translations: “The Passion of Perpetua and Felicity”, “The Acts of Saints Perpetua and Felicity I”, and “The Acts of Saints Perpetua and Felicity II”, Translated by Francis J Hunter
Part II
Chapter 2: Perpetua and the Identity of Women in the Early Church, Nancy Enright
Chapter 3: Function and Focus: The Perspectives and Purposes of the Acta Brevia, Francis J Hunter
Chapter 4: The Witness of Perpetua and Felicity: Fundamental Theological Perspectives, Joseph R. Laracy
Chapter 5: The Medieval ‘Turn’ in the Narrative of Sts. Perpetua and Felicitas: The Rhetoric of Spirituality in the Reframing of Martyrdom, June-Ann Greeley
Chapter 6: Civil Disobedience and the Passion of Perpetua and Felicitas, Todd J. Stockdale
Chapter 7: The Africanity of Saints Perpetua and Felicity, Ebere Bosco Amakwe
Chapter 8: The Roman Political Reality of Christian Persecution in the Second Century, Michael J.S. Bruno
Chapter 9: Perpetua’s Heroic Resiliency: A Psychological Analysis of the Source and Function of Perpetua’s Visions, Samantha Mattheiss
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