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9780190656492
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ISBN
9780190656492
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Item Length
23.5 cm
Publication Year
2018
Type
Textbook
Format
Paperback
Language
English
Book Title
Martyrdom, Self-Sacrifice, and Self-Immolation: Religious Perspectives on Suicide
Item Height
235mm
Author
Margo Kitts
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Topic
Sociology, Psychology, Religious History
Item Width
156mm
Item Weight
508g
Number of Pages
360 Pages

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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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Oxford University Press
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9780190656492
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Book Title
Martyrdom, Self-Sacrifice, and Self-Immolation: Religious Perspectives on Suicide
Author
Margo Kitts
Format
Paperback
Language
English
Topic
Sociology, Psychology, Religious History
Publication Year
2018
Type
Textbook
Number of Pages
360 Pages

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235mm
Item Width
156mm
Item Weight
508g

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Margo Kitts

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