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Martyrdom and Terrorism - Pre-Modern to Contemporary Perspectives (Paperback)
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Martyrdom and Terrorism - Pre-Modern to Contemporary Perspectives (Paperback)
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In recent years, terrorism has become closely associated with
martyrdom, in the minds of many terrorists and in the view of
nations around the world. Islam contains manifold concepts of
martyrdom, some of which link ''bearing witness'' to faith and God.
Martyrdom is also central to the Christian tradition, not only in
the form of Christ's Passion or saints faced with persecution and
death, but in the duty to lead a good and charitable life. In both
religions, the association of religious martyrdom with political
terror has a long and difficult legacy. The essays of this volume
illuminate these legacies-following, for example, Christian
martyrdom from its origins in the Roman world, to the experience of
the deaths of ''terrorist'' leaders of the French Revolution, to
parallels in the contemporary world-and explore historical
parallels in Islamic, Christian, and secular traditions. Featuring
essays from eminent scholars in a wide range of disciplines,
Martyrdom and Terorrism provides a timely comparative history of
the practices and discourses of terrorism and martyrdom from
antiquity to the twenty-first century.
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