Martyrdom in the modern Middle East

Continuity and transformation : martrydom in the Bahā'ī faith. The birth of a monotheistic religion in modernity : on jihad and martyrdom in the Bahā'ī Faith$hSasha Dehghani. Martrydom and servanthood in the Bābī and Bahā'ī faiths : a struggle to defend a cosmic order / Per-Olof Åkerd...

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Contributors: Dehghani, Sasha (Editor) ; Horsch, Silvia 1975- (Editor)
Format: Electronic Book
Language:English
German
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Published: Würzburg Ergon Verlag [2014]
In: Ex oriente lux (Band 14)
Year: 2014
Series/Journal:Ex oriente lux Band 14
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Near East / Religion / Martyrdom
Further subjects:B Martyrdom Congresses
B Naher und Mittlerer Osten und Nordafrika Religiöse Bevölkerungsgruppe Muslime Märtyrertum Baha'i faith Sunna Schia Heiliger Krieg (Islam) Salafisten
B Near and Middle East and North Africa Religious population groups Muslims Martyrdom Bahaism Shia Holy War (Islam) Salafi Salafists
B Conference program 2011 (Berlin)
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Summary:Continuity and transformation : martrydom in the Bahā'ī faith. The birth of a monotheistic religion in modernity : on jihad and martyrdom in the Bahā'ī Faith$hSasha Dehghani. Martrydom and servanthood in the Bābī and Bahā'ī faiths : a struggle to defend a cosmic order / Per-Olof Åkerdahl. Between Karbalā' and Tabriz : contested martyrdom narratives / Moojan MomenWitnessing and sacrifice : theological and philosophical implications of martyrdom. Sunni and Shiite passion stories revisited : on the superseding of sacrifice and its eventual re-empowerment / Angelika Neuwirth. Martyrium als Zeugnis : zur Frage nach der theologischen und politischen Valenz religiöser Zeugenschaft, dargelegt am Beispiel des Martyriums der Trappistenmönche von Tibhirine/Algerien / Joachim Negel. Gandhi and the sovereignty of death / Faisal Devji
Visual representations : ritual, the arts, and new media. Performing a massacre : murder and martyrdom in taʻziyih$hMaryam Palizban. The mystical notion of the perfect man : discourses of Iranian revolutionary painters and the portrayal of martyrs / Alice Bombardier. Making salvation visible : rhetorical and visual representations of martyrs in Salafi jihadist media / Silvia Horsch
Political action and ideological discourse. Martyrdom in light of the Arab Spring$hFarhad Khosrokhavar. The discursive construction of Palestinian istishhādiyyāt within the frame of martyrdom / Lisa Franke. Global martyr practices and discourses : entanglements between East and West / Silvia Horsch.