Book contents
- Constructing Religious Martyrdom
- Constructing Religious Martyrdom
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Abbreviations of Ancient Sources
- 1 Introduction
- 2 Executed Martyrs in Second-Century Christianity
- 3 The Human Bombs of Twentieth-Century Shi’i Islam
- 4 Sikh Martyr Imaginaries during World War I
- 5 Twenty-First-Century Tibetan Self-Immolators
- 6 Performances of Suffering
- 7 Witnesses to a Sovereign Imaginary
- Epilogue
- Bibliography
- Index
Epilogue
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 07 June 2024
Book contents
- Constructing Religious Martyrdom
- Constructing Religious Martyrdom
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Abbreviations of Ancient Sources
- 1 Introduction
- 2 Executed Martyrs in Second-Century Christianity
- 3 The Human Bombs of Twentieth-Century Shi’i Islam
- 4 Sikh Martyr Imaginaries during World War I
- 5 Twenty-First-Century Tibetan Self-Immolators
- 6 Performances of Suffering
- 7 Witnesses to a Sovereign Imaginary
- Epilogue
- Bibliography
- Index
Summary
The book’s epilogue takes the first steps to applying the conclusions of the work to other current social and cultural contexts, like the Black Lives Matter movement and white Christian Nationalism in the United States. After demonstrating the way the book’s arguments help highlight the stakes of these movements, I proceed to question the utility of a martyrdom during our era of ever-increasing global interconnection, and whether it is time to be done with martyrs once and for all.
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- Constructing Religious MartyrdomA Cross-Cultural Study, pp. 402 - 408Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2024