RT Book
T1 Early Christian attitudes to war, violence and military service
T2 Gorgias studies in classical and late antiquity
JF Gorgias studies in classical and late antiquity
A1 Iōsēph, Despoina ca. 20./21. Jh.
LA English
PP Piscataway, NJ
PB Gorgias Press
YR 2013
UL https://www.ixtheo.de/Record/1612325300
AB Includes bibliographical references and index
AB The traditional view is that early Christians, prior to emperor Constantine's conversion to Christianity, were pacifists who stubbornly refused to enlist in the Roman army and engage in warfare, preferring to die rather than betray their beliefs. However, a plethora of literary and archaeological evidence demonstrates that was not usually the case. The majority of early Christians did not find military service or warfare particularly problematic. Christians integrated with the dominant mores of society and that included military service. It is, in fact, possible that Christianity was particularly attractive to those in military service. This study looks to reposition early Christian ethics and the attitude towards war and to bring new understanding to the relationship between military service and Christianity
NO Literaturverz. S. 309 - 356
CN BT736.2
SN 9781611434866
SN 1611434866
K1 War : Religious aspects : Christianity : History
K1 Violence : Religious aspects : Christianity
K1 Soldiers : Religious life : History
K1 Church History : Primitive and early church, ca. 30-600
K1 Religion
K1 Church History : Primitive and early church
K1 Soldiers : Religious life