{"product_id":"sacred-violence-african-christians-and-sectarian-hatred-in-the-age-of-augustine-hardback-9780521196055","title":"Sacred Violence; African Christians and Sectarian Hatred in the Age of Augustine (Hardback) 9780521196055","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eSacred Violence\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eAfrican Christians and Sectarian Hatred in the Age of Augustine\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eEmploys the sectarian battles which divided African Christians in late antiquity to explore the nature of violence in religious conflicts.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eBrent D. Shaw (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780521196055, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 1 September 2011\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e930 pages\u003cbr\u003e23.5 x 16 x 4.7 cm, 1.56 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e'Brent Shaw's study offers a compelling and meticulous history of violence for late Roman North Africa, with a focus on the 'sanctified violence' of the fourth and fifth centuries. Sacred Violence is an enormous, humane work of monumental importance for which Shaw should rightly receive many accolades. It is written with a verve and alacrity which given its length, is a remarkable achievement.' Nicholas J. Baker-Brian, The Journal of Roman Studies\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eOne route to understanding the nature of specifically religious violence is the study of past conflicts. Distinguished ancient historian Brent D. Shaw provides a new analysis of the intense sectarian battles between the Catholic and Donatist churches of North Africa in late antiquity, in which Augustine played a central role as Bishop of Hippo. The development and deployment of images of hatred, including that of the heretic, the pagan, and the Jew, and the modes by which these were most effectively employed, including the oral world of the sermon, were critical to promoting acts of violence. Shaw explores how the emerging ecclesiastical structures of the Christian church, on one side, and those of the Roman imperial state, on the other, interacted to repress or excite violent action. Finally, the meaning and construction of the acts themselves, including the Western idea of suicide, are shown to emerge from the conflict itself.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e1. This terrible custom\u003cbr\u003e 2. Church of the traitors\u003cbr\u003e 3. Poisonous brood of vipers\u003cbr\u003e 4. Archives of memory\u003cbr\u003e 5. City of denial\u003cbr\u003e 6. Ravens feeding on death\u003cbr\u003e 7. Little foxes, evil women\u003cbr\u003e 8. Guardians of the people\u003cbr\u003e 9. In the house of discipline\u003cbr\u003e 10. Sing a new song\u003cbr\u003e 11. Kings of our age\u003cbr\u003e 12. We choose to stand\u003cbr\u003e 13. Athletes of death\u003cbr\u003e 14. Bad boys\u003cbr\u003e 15. Men of blood\u003cbr\u003e 16. Divine winds\u003cbr\u003e Appendix A. Bishops and bishoprics in Africa: the numbers\u003cbr\u003e Appendix B. Origins of the division: chronology\u003cbr\u003e Appendix C. The Catholic conference of 348\u003cbr\u003e Appendix D. The peasant jacquerie of Axido and Fasir\u003cbr\u003e Appendix E. The mission of Paul and Macarius\u003cbr\u003e Appendix F. Historical fictions: interpreting the circumcellions\u003cbr\u003e Appendix G. The archaeology of suicide\u003cbr\u003e Appendix H. 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