Cult of the Dead: A Brief History of Christianity by Smith, Kyle

Cult of the Dead: A Brief History of Christianity

A cultural history of how Christianity was born from its martyrs. Though it promises eternal life, Christianity...
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Author: Kyle Smith
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Cult of the Dead: A Brief History of Christianity by Smith, Kyle

Cult of the Dead: A Brief History of Christianity

¥5,773

Cult of the Dead: A Brief History of Christianity

¥5,773
Author: Kyle Smith
Format: Paperback
Language: English
A cultural history of how Christianity was born from its martyrs.

Though it promises eternal life, Christianity was forged in death. Christianity is built upon the legacies of the apostles and martyrs who chose to die rather than renounce the name of their lord. In this innovative cultural history, Kyle Smith shows how a devotion to death has shaped Christianity for two thousand years.

For centuries, Christians have cared for their saints, curating their deaths as examples of holiness. Martyrs' stories, lurid legends of torture, have been told and retold, translated and rewritten. Martyrs' bones are alive in the world, relics pulsing with wonder. Martyrs' shrines are still visited by pilgrims, many in search of a miracle. Martyrs have even shaped the Christian conception of time, with each day of the year celebrating the death of a saint. From Roman antiquity to the present, by way of medieval England and the Protestant Reformation, Cult of the Dead tells the fascinating story of how the world's most widespread religion is steeped in the memory of its martyrs.

Author: Kyle Smith
Publisher: University of California Press
Published: 10/01/2024
Pages: 384
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 1.35lbs
Size: 8.90h x 5.80w x 1.20d
ISBN: 9780520409835

About the Author
Kyle Smith is Associate Professor and Director of the History of Religions Program at the University of Toronto. An award-winning teacher, he is the author or coauthor of four other books about Christian saints and martyrs.


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