TY  - BOOK
AU  - Goodine,Elizabeth A.
TI  - Standing At Lyon: An Examination of the Martyrdom of Blandina of Lyon 
T2  - Gorgias Studies in Early Christianity and Patristics
SN  - 9781463203849
U1  - 272/.1092 
PY  - 2014///]
CY  - Piscataway, NJ : 
PB  - Gorgias Press, 
KW  - RELIGION / Christianity / History
KW  - bisacsh
N1  - Frontmatter --; TABLE OF CONTENTS --; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS --; INTRODUCTION --; 1. BACKGROUND TO THE TEXT AND THEORETICAL FRAMEWORK --; 2. RIVERS OF LIFE --; 3. LAW AND ORDER --; 4. “DON’T JUST DO SOMETHING: STAND THERE! --; 5. THE PERIL OF THE PEN: CONSTRUCTING A SELF --; CONCLUSION --; BIBLIOGRAPHY --; INDEX; restricted access
N2  - The suffering woman, Blandina, emerges as an archetypal figure of the martyrs of Lyon. This slave-woman ultimately arises to engage in battle with the powers of the Roman Empire. Through the application of Bowen Family Systems Theory and the writings of Michel Foucault the book explains the function of anxiety, and the dynamics at work in the system that result in the failure of Roman authority to use power to quell the rise of Christianity. The reactions of those who might appear to be the most powerful are essential in gifting power to this lowly slave
UR  - https://doi.org/10.31826/9781463236298
UR  - https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9781463236298
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ER  -