Martyrdom, self-sacrifice, and self-immolation: religious perspectives on suicide

The essays in Martyrdom, Self-Sacrifice, and Self-Immolation address the delicate subject of those elective deaths which can be categorized as religiously sanctioned suicides. Broadly condemned as cowardice across the world's moral codes, suicide under certain circumstances-such as martyrdom, s...

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Contributors: Kitts, Margo 1952- (Editor)
Format: Electronic Image
Language:English
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WorldCat: WorldCat
Interlibrary Loan:Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany)
Published: New York, NY Oxford University Press 2018
In:Year: 2018
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Religion / Suicide / Sacrificial death / Martyr / Suicide bombings
B Martyrdom / Comparison of religions
Further subjects:B Collection of essays
B Martyrdom
Online Access: Volltext (lizenzpflichtig)
Parallel Edition:Non-electronic