Synopsis: Through the available patristic writings Caesar and the
Lamb focuses on the attitudes of the earliest Christians on war and
military service. Kalantzis not only provides the reader with many
new translations of pre-Constantinian texts, he also tells the
story of the struggle of the earliest Church, the communities of
Christ at the margins of power and society, to bear witness to the
nations that enveloped them as they transformed the dominant
narratives of citizenship, loyalty, freedom, power, and control.
Although Kalantzis examines writings on war and military service in
the first three centuries of the Christian Church in an organized
manner, the ways earliest Christians thought of themselves and the
state are not presented here through the lens of antiquarian
curiosity. With theological sensitivity and historical acumen this
companion leads the reader into the world in which Christianity
arose and asks questions of the past that help us understand the
early character of the Christian faith with the hope that such an
enterprise will also help us evaluate its expression in our own
time. Endorsement: "Kalantzis's skills as a historian shine in this
remarkable, illuminating history. But his narration is much more
than a fine historical survey; it is also a profound engagement
with the theological and ethical reasons on why this history
matters. Historians, theologians, ethicists, and anyone interested
in discovering the witness of the early church are in his debt for
such careful work. Any future discussion on the early church's
response to war, and the Constantinian shift that occurred, must
now pass through Caesar and the Lamb, or be ignored as incomplete."
--D. Stephen Long, Professor of Systematic Theology, Marquette
University "Caesar and the Lamb is a wonderful collection of
pertinent voices from the early church on war and military service
that will be of interest to laity, students, and scholars. But it
is also much more than this. Kalantzis brings new insight to these
texts with his brilliant introduction, placing the conversation in
its proper context of identities, worldviews, and ways of life. The
result is a collection with surprising and refreshing relevance
today." --Daniel M. Bell, Jr., Professor of Theology and Ethics,
Lutheran Theological Southern Seminary "Caesar and the Lamb offers
a valuable deepening of our understanding, not only of early
Christian teachings and practices related to violence, but also the
social-cultural-religious practices of the Roman Empire and the
Roman military. This book contains both a helpful collection of the
primary Christian texts and a substantial interpretive discussion.
A significant addition to a growing Christian library of resources
on this critical issue." --David P. Gushee, Professor of Christian
Ethics, Mercer University Author Biography: George Kalantzis is
Associate Professor of Theology at Wheaton College where he also
directs The Wheaton Center for Early Christian Studies. He
specializes in fourth- and fifth-century historical theology, and
has written extensively on Theodore of Mopsuestia, Cyril, and the
Nestorian controversy. His has recently co-edited The Sovereignty
of God Debate (Cascade 2009), Life in the Spirit: Spiritual
Formation in Theological Perspective (2010), and Evangelicals and
the Early Church: Recovery, Reform, Renewal (Cascade 2011).
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