Martyrdom in the Modern Middle East

• Tác giả chính: Horsch, Silvia (auth)
• Tác giả khác: Dehghani, Sasha (auth)
• Định dạng: Điện tử Chương của sách
• Ngôn ngữ: Tiếng Anh
• Được phát hành: Nomos Verlagsgesellschaft mbH & Co. KG 2014
• Loạt: Ex Oriente Lux. Rezeptionen und Exegesen als Tradidionskritik
• Những chủ đề: Theology
• Truy cập trực tuyến: DOAB: download the publication; DOAB: description of the publication

Tóm tắt

This volume assembles contributions from different academic perspectives (religious and Islamic studies, literary and theatre studies, theology, sociology and history) on modern manifestations of martyrdom in the diverse Middle Eastern religious traditions, including Islam, Christianity, Judaism and the Baha'i-faith. The latter is considered in more detail since it is often not included in comparative studies on the monotheistic religions. An excursus into the farer East composes the contribution on Mahatma Ghandi. The volume considers central sociological, philosophical and theological problems which lie at the heart of the phenomenon of martyrdom, the significance of martyrdom in different conflicts, the competing martyr figures which develop in the course of these conflicts as well as the accompanying representations in art and ritual. Special attention is directed to the transitions of traditional forms of martyr representation and the emergence of a global discourse on martyrdom, which can be noticed both in the dissemination of martyr practices as in the reactions to certain martyr events on a global scale.

Mô tả vật lý

1 electronic resource (226 p.)

số ISBN

/dx.doi.org/10.5771/9783956505430
9783956505430

Truy cập

Open Access