FROM THE 'DOMUS' TO THE 'SPECTACULUM': FAMILY AND MARTYRSHIP IN EARLY CHRISTIANITY | Zendy

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FROM THE 'DOMUS' TO THE 'SPECTACULUM': FAMILY AND MARTYRSHIP IN EARLY CHRISTIANITY

Author(s) -

Johannes N. Vorster

Publication year - 2013

Publication title -

scriptura

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

eISSN - 2305-445X

pISSN - 0254-1807

DOI - 10.7833/104-0-179

Subject(s) - martyr , spectacle , christianity , behold , narrative , dominance (genetics) , passion , confessional , formative assessment , normative , sociology , perspective (graphical) , early christianity , religious studies , gender studies , art , theology , literature , political science , philosophy , psychology , visual arts , social psychology , pedagogy , law , politics , biochemistry , chemistry , gene

Early Christian martyr discourse combines two discursive practices, namely that of the household and the spectacle. How and why these practices are used in martyr discourse is enquired from the perspective of the dominance and pervasiveness of Roman normative culture and its formative effects on emerging early Christianity. Two martyr narratives namely the Passion of Perpetua and Felicitas and the Martyrs of Lyons are analysed to determine how household discourse has been integrated into the framework of the spectacle.

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