{"product_id":"sacralizing-violence-in-byzantium-george-e-demacopoulos-9780884025238","title":"Sacralizing Violence in Byzantium: Hymns, Empire, and the Narrowing of Christian Identity","description":"\u003cp\u003eChristians had always been concerned, since the faith's inception, about the relationship between violence and belief. In Byzantium, this tension was explored not only in abstract theological texts but in the songs people sang: hymns, a multivalent, fluid form of devotion that served as the meeting place between theological conviction and lived religious experience. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eSacralizing Violence in Byzantium\u003c\/i\u003e is the first book to examine the complex and shifting perceptions of premodern Christians toward violence and war through the lens of hymnography. This book argues that the liturgical reflection on violence in Byzantium underwent a profound transformation--a sacralization of violence--at approximately the same time that Persian and then Arab armies conquered Jerusalem in the early seventh century, a turn that persisted into the tenth century. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBy focusing on hymnography, George E. Demacopoulos provides both correction and nuance to historical assessments of Eastern Christian attitudes toward war and violence and reveals how Byzantine culture dramatized, authorized, and even celebrated violence.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e George E. Demacopoulos\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0884025233\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780884025238\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Dumbarton Oaks Research Library \u0026amp; Collection\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/05\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 248\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover","brand":"George E. Demacopoulos","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":46526486839551,"sku":"9780884025238","price":45.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_fbd26967-53ed-4f9e-a510-714e58cfc679.jpg?v=1737556323","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/sacralizing-violence-in-byzantium-george-e-demacopoulos-9780884025238","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}