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Martyrdom

open access: yes, 2010
Martyrdom in the Greco-Roman period is a scholarly construct. Which writings are relevant sources depends on the definition of martyrdom. Broad definitions imply that various forms of noble death among Greeks and Romans can be considered martyrdom. More strict definitions suggest that martyrdom first occurred among Jews in the 2nd century bce during ...
Jan W. van Henten, van Henten, J.W.
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Martyrdom

2020
Abstract Although none of the heroes dies in the book of Daniel, in their reception their stories are reinterpreted as martyrdoms, and they generate even more martyrs according to Hippolytus. This interpretive process follows a trajectory established within the growth of the book of Daniel itself, beginning with the Additions.
Ihab Saloul   +4 more
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Martyrdom

2020
The phenomenon of martyrdom is more than 2000 years old but, as contemporary events show, still very much alive. This book examines the canonisation, contestation and afterlives of martyrdom and connects these with cross-cultural acts and practices of remembrance.
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Martyrdom

open access: yes, 2022
The concept of martyrdom refers to both a death endured in supposedly conscious acceptance of that fate or even out of a desire for that end and to the concomitant suffering by a person to attest a superior ideal or belief system.
Gölz, Olmo
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What is martyrdom? [PDF]

open access: yesMortality, 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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Martyrdom

University of Colorado Honors Journal, 2023
Digital Painting, Procreate Dimensions: 2480 x 3054 px. Exploring the gendered expectations of transgender people. Idealized form of classical figures with top surgery scars showing the societal expectations for medical transition in order to be fully accepted.
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In Praise of Martyrdom?

California Law Review, 1999
I am pleased to welcome Professor Carter to the (unfortunately thin) ranks of skeptics about the entire project of defending the propriety of accommodations of religion.' There are, of course, some skeptics whose concerns arise from a quite general strict separationist view of the Constitution.
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Martyrdom

2004
Martyrdom is a controversial and disputed concept. Just as religion is often hijacked by politics, martyrdom is frequently ascribed to a narrow, partisan, and parochial foundation. This is the first book to present varied views on the topic of martyrdom, reaching beyond cliches and simplistic explanations to provoke deep consideration of the essential ...
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The myth of the myth of martyrdom

Behavioral and Brain Sciences, 2014
AbstractLankford asserts that suicide terrorism is attributable to suicidality. We argue in this commentary that this assertion is not well supported theoretically or empirically. In addition, we suggest that failure to acknowledge religious beliefs as motivationally causal for suicide terrorism may place innocent people at risk of murder in the ...
Yael, Sela, Todd K, Shackelford
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