THE ARCHPARADOX OF DEATH by Dariusz Karlowicz ( 9783631665626 )

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Title:

THE ARCHPARADOX OF DEATH
MARTYRDOM AS A PHILOSOPHICAL CATEGORY

By:

Dariusz Karlowicz

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ISBN 10:

3631665628

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9783631665626

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Publisher:

PETER LANG AG

Pub. date:

20 April, 2016

Series:

European Studies in Theology, Philosophy and History of Religions 10

Pages:

274

Description:

The topic of this book is martyrdom understood as a philosophical category. The main question pertains to the evidential value of the Christian witness through death. Looking upon martyrdom through the perspective of ancient philosophy clarifies why it might have been considered as an important proof of Christian doctrine also by pagans.

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The book deals with martyrdom understood as a philosophical category. The main question pertains to the evidential value of the Christian witness through death. The author approaches an answer through a philosophical interpretation of the belief in the evidential role of martyrdom. Numerous historical documents confirm that ancient martyrdom might have been considered as a kind of proof also by people unaffiliated with the Church. The author observes the theology and the reality of martyrdom through the perspective of the ancient philosophy of death and radical personal transformation. He believes that the Christian stance in the face of persecutions could have been understood as the realization of the unrealized ambitions of philosophy, thereby proving indirectly the veracity of the teaching revealed by Jesus Christ.

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Switzerland

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Peter Lang AG

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