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Ornamenta sunt ista non vincula – a paradoxical reevaluation of the instruments of torment in the early Christian martyrological literature

open access: yesVox Patrum, 2015
Zgodnie z teologią Nowego Testamentu śmierć chrześcijanina jest przejściem do życia wiecznego. Więcej, sam proces umierania, w myśl ewangelicznej dyna­miki obumierania ziarna, jest rodzeniem się do nowego życia.
Jan M. Kozłowski
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Catholic Martyrs and Canon Law: Reassessing the Meaning of Hagiographic Texts in Philip II’s Spain

open access: yesReligions
This essay is about the uses of martyrdom works in Spain and among Elizabethan English Catholics with special reference to their beatification cause by the Dicastery for the Causes of Saints. There are two related points in this essay.
Vittoria Feola
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From Stories to Artefacts: the Cult of Martyrs in Hispania and their Meta-historical Value

open access: yesPallas, 2021
This paper analyses the meta-historical value of the martyrs’ biographies and their cult in Hispania from the 4th century to the Visigothic period. Instead of carrying on with the intense debate on the historical authenticity of the martyrs’ lives or ...
Antón Alvar Nuño
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Shams-e Tabrizi, Absence or Martyrdom? (based on old sources specially Molana Maktoobat ) [PDF]

open access: yesادبیات عرفانی, 2015
Shams-e Tabrizi, Absence or Martyrdom? (based on old sources specially Molana Maktoobat ) Abstract This paper, entitled “Shams-e Tabrizi, Absence or Martyrdom?”, discusses the fate of Shamsedin Mohammad […] Tabrizi, and whether he died a normal death or ...
Yadullah Mohamadi, Ahmad Parsa
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The Dark God: The Sacrifice of Sacrifice

open access: yesReligions, 2021
The Frazerian question of murder turned into ritual sacrifice is foundational to cultural anthropology. Frazer described the antinomian figure of a king, who was, at once, a priest and a murderer.
Joseba Zulaika
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Chapter “Kol’ dobro i kol’ krasno Christa radi umirati”. Il discorso sul martirio nell’omiletica rutena della seconda metà del Seicento e l’influsso della Controriforma [PDF]

open access: yes, 2019
This article investigates the rhetoric of martyrdom that developed in seventeenth-century Ukraine and specifically the discourse of Orthodox martyrdom as elaborated by Ukrainian Baroque preachers in recounting the life and death of the martyrized princes
Maria Grazia Bartolini   +1 more
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From Protesters to Martyrs: How to Become a ‘True’ Sikh

open access: yesSouth Asia Multidisciplinary Academic Journal, 2008
This article studies the protest which started in Punjab in May 2007 following a ceremony performed by Baba Gurmeet Ram Raheem Singh (GRRS), head of Dera Sacha Sauda, which was considered as blasphemous by a section of the Sikh community. The aim of this
Lionel Baixas, Charlène Simon
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(Im)possible martyrdom: Masculinity, aging, illness, and death in Tombstone and Logan [PDF]

open access: yesZbornik Radova Filozofskog Fakulteta u Prištini, 2018
The title of this paper alludes to Hannah Arendt's famous claim that in Nazi concentration camps martyrdom was made impossible, for the first time in Western history, by the utter anonymity and meaninglessness of inmates' deaths (Arendt, 2000, p.
Petković Danijela Lj.
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Online Martyrs: Virtual Tours of the Miguel Agustín Pro Museum, and the José Simeón Cañas Central American University Martyrs

open access: yesReligions, 2019
This article examines two commemorative projects on 20th-century Jesuit martyrs turned into Internet tours. A comparison between the official online tour of the Father Pro Museum in Mexico City, and two unofficial tours through the Martyrs Memorial Hall ...
Marisol Lopez-Menendez
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Martyrdom Syndrome: Reading Acts 7:54-8:1 As A Critique of Christian Leaders

open access: yesEvangelikal: Jurnal Teologi Injili dan Pembinaan Warga Jemaat
This study analyzes the Martyrdom Syndrome in Christian leadership by interpreting Acts 7:54-8:1 as a critique of leaders who use the suffering narrative to gain legitimacy and authority.
Asep Afaradi, Milton Pantaow
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