Standing At Lyon : : An Examination of the Martyrdom of Blandina of Lyon / / Elizabeth A. Goodine.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Gorgias Press Backlist eBook-Package 2001-2015
• VerfasserIn: Goodine, Elizabeth A.,
• Place / Publishing House: Piscataway, NJ : : Gorgias Press, , [2014]; ©2014
• Year of Publication: 2014
• Language: English
• Series: Gorgias Studies in Early Christianity and Patristics
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (189 p.)
• Other title: 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
• Format: Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
• ISBN: 9781463236298; 9783110663037
• DOI: 10.31826/9781463236298
• Access: restricted access
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: Elizabeth A. Goodine.

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.