Constructing Religious Martyrdom
A Cross-Cultural Study
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- Author: John Soboslai, Montclair State University, New Jersey
- Publication planned for: June 2024
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- format: Hardback
- isbn: 9781009483001
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Martyrdom is a phenomenon common to many of the world's religious traditions. But why? In this study, John Soboslai offers insights into the practices of self-sacrifice within specific sociopolitical contexts. Providing a new understanding of martyrdom through the lens of political theology, he analyzes discourses and performances in four religious traditions during social and political crises, beginning with second-century Christianity in Asia Minor, where the term 'martyr' first took its meaning. He also analyzes Shi'a Islam in the 1980s, when 'suicide bombing' first appeared as a strategy in West Asia; global Sikhism during World War I, where martyrs stood for and against the British Raj; and twenty-first-century Tibetan Buddhism, where self-immolators used their bodies in opposition to the programs of the People's Republic of China. Presenting a new theory of martyrdom linked to constructions of sovereign authority, Soboslai reveals common features of self-sacrifice and demonstrates how bodily performances buttress conceptions of authority.
Read more- Examines the discourses and performances of martyrdom across four religious traditions, from the second to the 21st centuries
- Presents a new understanding of martyrdom linked to constructions of sovereign authority
- Utilizes concepts of political theology
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- Publication planned for: June 2024
- format: Hardback
- isbn: 9781009483001
- length: 458 pages
- dimensions: 228 x 152 mm
- availability: Not yet published - available from June 2024
Table of Contents
1. Introduction: concerning martyrdom
2. Executed martyrs in second century Christianity
3. The human bombs of twentieth century Shi'i Islam
4. Sikh martyr imaginaries in the early twentieth century
5. The martyrdom of twenty-first century Tibetan self-immolators
6. Performances of suffering: The drama of martyrdom
7. Witnesses to a sovereign imaginary
Conclusion: The witness of martyrdom
Epilogue
Bibliography
Endnotes
Index.
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