Christian Martyrdom and Christian Violence

Contents
Preface
Acknowledgments

Introduction: Naming the Christian Martyrs

1. Identifying Martyrdom
The Origins of "Martyrdom"
Action and Passion in Christian Martyrdom
Violent Action and Martyrdom?
The Question of Violence in the Christian Life and the Criteria of Martyrdom (I)

2. Nonviolence as Criterion of Martyrdom?
The Biblical Case for Pacifism
Christian Pacifism in History
Martyrdom in Anabaptist Perspective
Nonviolence and the Imitatio Christi
The Criteria of Martyrdom (II)

3. The Just War and the Horizon of Martyrdom
The Rise of the "Just War" in Christian Ethics
Christian Just War Teaching
The Logic of Christian Just War Thinking
Criticisms of Christian Just War Thinking

4. Soldiers and Saints, Magistrates and Martyrs
Soldiers as Martyrs and Saints in the Early Church
Saints, Martyrs, and the Institutions of Medieval Christendom
Magistrate Martyrs in the Era of Reformation
Martyr Claims in the European Wars of Religion
Interlude: Colonialism, Mission, and Martyrdom
Holy War and Just War

5. Violence, Jesus, and Just War Reasoning
The Nature and Varieties of Violence
Jesus and (Non)Violence
Christian Violence, Jesus, and the Biblical God
Weighing the Just War Ethic

6. Christian Calling and the Ideal of Martyrdom in the Real World
Christian "Realism"
Christian Calling in the Real World
Interlude: Military Calling, Moral Injury, and Just War Teaching
The Theology of Sainthood (I)
The Criteria of Martyrdom (III)

7. Violence and the Christian Life in the Light of Martyrdom
The Rhetorical Function of Martyrdom
Restraining the "Necessities" of Realism
Christian Soldiers and the Criteria of Martyrdom (IV)
Soldiers, Society, and the Church
The Theology of Sainthood (II)

Epilogue: The Logic and Absurdity of Violence
Bibliography
Index

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