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Religions, 2021 The literature on martyrdom has not, so far, systematically analysed a constitutionally secular state’s extensive use of religion in propagating martyrdom narratives by using state-controlled religious institutions.
Ihsan Yilmaz, Omer F. Erturk
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Mortality, 2014 This is an Accepted Manuscript of an article published by Taylor & Francis in Mortality on 12 March 2014, available online: http://wwww.tandfonline.com/10.1080/13576275.2014.894013In the aftermath of 9/11, and the increase of the phenomenon of ‘suicide ...
Paul Middleton
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THE “MARTYRDOM OF GEORGE ZORAVAR” PRESERVED IN THE HOMILIARY OF ATHOS (Ivir. geo - 8) [PDF]
Banber Arevelagitut'yan Instituti, 2016 Georgian church does not know any saint with the name of George Zoravar, while in Armenian Synaxarions George Zoravar and St. George (5th c.) is the same person.
Gaprindashvili Khatuna
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Heroism and Being-towards-Death: On Sacrificial Martyrdom in Contemporary Shiʿism
Religions, 2023 This paper examines the philosophy of martyrdom, heroism, and death, with reference to Islam in general and Shiʿism in particular. This paper will be divided into two parts; the first will highlight the etymological and philosophical significance of the ...
Tareq Ayoub
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«The Martyrdom of Conon» as the source on the persecution of Decius [PDF]
Религия, церковь, общество, 2015 The article analyses the content of the ‘‘Martyrdom of Conon’’ (BHG, 361) within the background of Decius’ anti-Christian persecution. Since there is no consensus on the causes of the religious policy of the Emperor, the question, to what extent ...
Alexey Vital’evich Kargaltsev,
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Islamic martyrdom in Northern Nigeria
Studies in African Languages and Cultures, 2020 The paper discusses some elements of the tradition of martyrdom among Muslims in northern Nigeria. It describes the basic frameworks of the concept of martyrdom in Islam with special reference to its contemporary usage.
Sabina Brakoniecka
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Traditions of martyrdom in the Ignatian Letters
In die Skriflig, 2011 The letters of Ignatius represent one of the key texts for the emergence of martyrdom during the second century AD in Christianity. This article is concerned with the question whether Ignatius contributed to a “theology of martyrdom” or whether he rather
S. Fuhrmann
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Martyrdom in North Africa of the 4th — 5th centuries: self-identification and polemics [PDF]
Вестник Православного Свято-Тихоновского гуманитарного университета: Серия I. Богословие, философия, 2019 The impact of martyrdom on the Christian identity did not disappear with the end of the persecutions. The 4th century saw many transformations of the classical conception of martyrdom as a testimony for Christ; one of these took place in Donatist ...
Andrei Mamontov
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Entangled Religions - Interdisciplinary Journal for the Study of Religious Contact and Transfer, 2022 The paper explores the genealogy of the concept of Holy Rus’ (or Holy Russia) in Russian literature and culture from the nineteenth century onward. An integral part of Russian sacred geography, Holy Rus’ underwent some profound semantic transformations ...
Oleksandr Zabirko
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The martyrdom effect : when pain and effort increase prosocial contributions [PDF]
, 2011 Most theories of motivation and behavior (and lay intuitions alike) consider pain and effort to be deterrents. In contrast to this widely held view, we provide evidence that the prospect of enduring pain and exerting effort for a prosocial cause can ...
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