{"product_id":"christians-and-tyrants-donald-wiebe-9780820422749","title":"Christians and Tyrants: The Prison Testimonies of Boethius, Thomas More and Dietrich Bonhoeffer","description":"Conflict between religion and politics often results in a paradigm shift in cultural history. In turn, such paradigm shifts in the history of religion invariably produce martyrs. As Christianity moves from the classical to the medieval world, from the medieval to the modern, and from the modern to the postmodern, Boethius, Thomas More, and Dietrich Bonhoeffer find themselves caught amidst competing claims upon their religious and political allegiances. Imprisoned and executed by the tyrants Theodoric, Henry VIII, and Adolf Hitler, these figures explore their religious and political marginalization in the prison writings, \u003ci\u003eThe Consolation of Philosophy, A Dialogue of Comfort against Tribulation\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eLetters and Papers from Prison\u003c\/i\u003e. Using a variety of disciplinary methods, this study sheds new light on our understanding of martyrdom and the theory and practice of Christian testimony as both a literal act of self-sacrifice and a literary act of self-justification.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Donald Wiebe, Jamie S. Scott\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0820422746\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780820422749\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Peter Lang Inc., International Academic Publi\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/01\/1995\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 280\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover","brand":"Donald Wiebe","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":45482450616575,"sku":"9780820422749","price":67.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_73dc1328-faee-4dad-8e2f-9a0dec4621f2.jpg?v=1715998571","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/christians-and-tyrants-donald-wiebe-9780820422749","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}