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.
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Copyright year
2014
ISBN-Print
978-3-95650-030-5
ISBN-Online
978-3-95650-543-0
Publisher
Ergon, Baden-Baden
Series
Ex Oriente Lux. Rezeptionen und Exegesen als Tradidionskritik
The Birth of a Monotheistic Religion in Modernity. On Jihad and Martyrdom in the Bahā’ī Faith Pages 13 - 32 Sasha Dehghani Download chapter (PDF)
Martyrdom and Servanthood in the Bābī and Bahā’ī Faiths. A Struggle to Defend a Cosmic Order Pages 33 - 42 Per-Olof Åkerdahl Download chapter (PDF)
Between Karbalāʾ and Tabrīz. Contested Martyrdom Narratives Pages 43 - 56 Moojan Momen Download chapter (PDF)
Sunni and Shiite Passion Stories Revisited. On the Superseding of Sacrifice and Its Eventual Re-Empowerment Pages 57 - 72 Angelika Neuwirth Download chapter (PDF)
Martyrium als Zeugnis. Zur Frage nach der theologischen und politischen Valenz religiöser Zeugenschaft, dargelegt am Beispiel des Martyriums der Trappistenmönche von Tibhirine/Algerien Pages 73 - 90 Joachim Negel Download chapter (PDF)
Performing a Massacre. Murder and Martyrdom in taʿziyih Pages 103 - 116 Maryam Palizban Download chapter (PDF)
The Mystical Notion of the Perfect Man. Discourses of Iranian Revolutionary Painters and the Portrayal of Martyrs Pages 117 - 140 Alice Bombardier Download chapter (PDF)
Making Salvation Visible. Rhetorical and Visual Representations of Martyrs in Salafī Jihadist Media Pages 141 - 166 Silvia Horsch Download chapter (PDF)
Martyrdom in Light of the Arab Spring Pages 167 - 186 Farhad Khosrokhavar Download chapter (PDF)
The Discursive Construction of Palestinian istishhādiyyāt within the Frame of Martyrdom Pages 187 - 204 Lisa Franke Download chapter (PDF)
Global Martyr Practices and Discourses. Entanglements between East and West Pages 205 - 224 Silvia Horsch Download chapter (PDF)
