Description: Martyrdom, Self-Sacrifice, and Self-Immolation : Religious Perspectives on Suicide, Paperback by Kitts, Margo (EDT), ISBN 0190656492, ISBN-13 9780190656492, Like New Used, Free shipping in the US Suicide in the forms of martyrdom, self-sacrifice, or self-immolation is perennially controversial: Should it rightly be termed suicide? Does religion sanction it? Should it be celebrated or anathematized? At least some idealization of such self-chosen deaths is found in every religious
tradition treated in this volume, from ascetic heroes who conquer their passions to save others by dying, to righteous warriors who suffer and die valiantly while challenging the status quo. At the same time, there are persistent disputes about the concepts used to justify these deaths, such as
altruism, heroism, and religion itself. In this volume, renowned scholars bring their literary and historical expertise to bear on the contested issue of religiously sanctioned suicide. Three examine contemporary movements with disputed classical roots, while eleven look at classical religious
literatures which variously laud and disparage figures who invite self-harm to the point of death. Overall, the volume offers an important scholarly corrective to the axiom that religious traditions simply and always embrace life at any cost.
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Book Title: Martyrdom, Self-Sacrifice, and Self-Immolation : Religious Perspe
Number of Pages: 358 Pages
Language: English
Publication Name: Martyrdom, Self-Sacrifice, and Self-Immolation : Religious Perspectives on Suicide
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Publication Year: 2018
Subject: Religious Intolerance, Persecution & Conflict, General
Item Height: 0.8 in
Item Weight: 4 Oz
Type: Textbook
Item Length: 6 in
Subject Area: Religion
Author: Margo Kitts
Item Width: 9.3 in
Format: Trade Paperback
