How Long to Read Violence and Belief in Late Antiquity

How Long Does it Take to Read Violence and Belief in Late Antiquity?

It takes the average reader 7 hours and 1 minute to read Violence and Belief in Late Antiquity by Thomas Sizgorich

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In Violence and Belief in Late Antiquity, Thomas Sizgorich seeks to understand why and how violent expressions of religious devotion became central to the self-understandings of both Christian and Muslim communities between the fourth and ninth centuries. Sizgorich argues that the cultivation of violent martyrdom as a path to holiness was in no way particular to Islam; rather, it emerged from a matrix put into place by the Christians of late antiquity. Paying close attention to the role of memory and narrative in the formation of individual and communal selves, Sizgorich identifies a common pool of late ancient narrative forms upon which both Christian and Muslim communities drew. In the process of recollecting the past, Sizgorich explains, Christian and Muslim communities alike elaborated iterations of Christianity or Islam that demanded of each believer a willingness to endure or inflict violence on God's behalf and thereby created militant local pieties that claimed to represent the one "real" Christianity or the only "pure" form of Islam. These militant communities used a shared system of signs, symbols, and stories, stories in which the faithful manifested their purity in conflict with the imperial powers of the world.

How long is Violence and Belief in Late Antiquity?

Violence and Belief in Late Antiquity by Thomas Sizgorich is 408 pages long, and a total of 105,264 words.

This makes it 138% the length of the average book. It also has 129% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read Violence and Belief in Late Antiquity Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 9 hours and 35 minutes to read Violence and Belief in Late Antiquity aloud.

What Reading Level is Violence and Belief in Late Antiquity?

Violence and Belief in Late Antiquity is suitable for students ages 12 and up.

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