Nov 10, 2025

2017-2018 Undergraduate Catalog

2017-2018 Undergraduate Catalog [Not Current Academic Year. Consult with Your Academic Advisor for Your Catalog Year]

RELS 3367 - Violence and Martyrdom in Christian Tradition

Credit Hours: 3.0
Lecture Contact Hours: 3 Lab Contact Hours: 0

Prerequisite: ENGL 1304; Major or minor in Religious Studies or consent of instructor.
Description
Study of the discourses of violence in the ancient world, strategies of identity formation and social resistance behind the phenomenon of Jewish and early Christian martyrdom and how discourses of martyrdom emerged in accounts of Jesus’ death and later Christian texts.