Witness of the Body—The Past, Present, and Future of Christian Martyrdom
Interest in Christian martyrdom as not only a matter of the historical record but as a pattern of Christian discipleship has certainly been a feature of twenty-first-century theology. The claims of Islamic suicide bombers to the status of martyr within their own tradition (however invalid) have high...
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| Format: | Electronic Review |
| Language: | English |
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Oxford University Press
2013
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A journal of church and state
Year: 2013, Volume: 55, Issue: 2, Pages: 348-349 |
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| Summary: | Interest in Christian martyrdom as not only a matter of the historical record but as a pattern of Christian discipleship has certainly been a feature of twenty-first-century theology. The claims of Islamic suicide bombers to the status of martyr within their own tradition (however invalid) have highlighted the deep anxiety that the secular West feels about all associations between religion and violence. Nietzsche's charge that Christian martyrs imbued the Christian tradition with ressentiment is very much in evidence—for example, in the novels of Salman Rushdie. |
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| ISSN: | 2040-4867 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: A journal of church and state
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1093/jcs/cst017 |