Counter-culture of Compassion : The Early Christian View of Roman Games and the Possibilities of its Application in the Contemporary Relationship of Church and Society

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DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.25167/so.5571" target="_blank" >10.25167/so.5571</a>

Jazyk výsledku

angličtina

Název v původním jazyce

Counter-culture of Compassion : The Early Christian View of Roman Games and the Possibilities of its Application in the Contemporary Relationship of Church and Society

Popis výsledku v původním jazyce

Christian martyrdom can be seen as an expression of the counter-cultural reality of the Church, her conflicting tension between the world and the coming kingdom of Heaven. In this context, it is also a problematic concept that, in many cases, leads to violence and avoids the possibility of dialogue; however, it inseparably belongs to the heart of Christi-anity. Because of that, we should think about it in new and fruitful ways. This paper tries to think specifically about early Christian martyrdom in the context of a victim perspective and critique of the Roman gladiatorial games, concentrating on the element of compassion, which was unexpected in the Roman empire of the first centuries after Christ. That per-spective of compassion is something that we can grasp, like the substantial essence of early Christian martyrdom, and which is also meaningful for our time and situation of mainly Church-society relations. This is shown with peak Christian game critique - Tertullian&apos;s On Games, and examples of the three oldest martyrdoms - Martyrdom of Polycarp, Martyrs of Lyon and Vienne,and Passion of Perpetua and Felicity. We can use that found com-passion in new situations where we, at the moment, like the Romans, do not see a need or reason for it.

Název v anglickém jazyce

Counter-culture of Compassion : The Early Christian View of Roman Games and the Possibilities of its Application in the Contemporary Relationship of Church and Society

Popis výsledku anglicky

Christian martyrdom can be seen as an expression of the counter-cultural reality of the Church, her conflicting tension between the world and the coming kingdom of Heaven. In this context, it is also a problematic concept that, in many cases, leads to violence and avoids the possibility of dialogue; however, it inseparably belongs to the heart of Christi-anity. Because of that, we should think about it in new and fruitful ways. This paper tries to think specifically about early Christian martyrdom in the context of a victim perspective and critique of the Roman gladiatorial games, concentrating on the element of compassion, which was unexpected in the Roman empire of the first centuries after Christ. That per-spective of compassion is something that we can grasp, like the substantial essence of early Christian martyrdom, and which is also meaningful for our time and situation of mainly Church-society relations. This is shown with peak Christian game critique - Tertullian&apos;s On Games, and examples of the three oldest martyrdoms - Martyrdom of Polycarp, Martyrs of Lyon and Vienne,and Passion of Perpetua and Felicity. We can use that found com-passion in new situations where we, at the moment, like the Romans, do not see a need or reason for it.

Druh

J_ost - Ostatní články v recenzovaných periodicích

CEP obor

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OECD FORD obor

60303 - Theology

Projekt

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Návaznosti

I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace

Rok uplatnění

2024

Kód důvěrnosti údajů

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Název periodika

Studia oecumenica

ISSN

1643-2762

e-ISSN

2391-940X

Svazek periodika

24

Číslo periodika v rámci svazku

28. 12. 2024

Stát vydavatele periodika

PL - Polská republika

Počet stran výsledku

20

Strana od-do

369-388

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EID výsledku v databázi Scopus

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