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Author:   Margo Kitts (Professor of Humanities and Religious Studies, Coordinator, Religious Studies and East-West Classical Studies,, Hawai'i Pacific University)
Publisher:   Oxford University Press Inc
Imprint:   Oxford University Press Inc
Dimensions:   Width: 16.30cm , Height: 2.40cm , Length: 24.20cm
Weight:   0.648kg
ISBN:  

9780190656485

ISBN 10:   0190656484
Pages:   358
Publication Date:   15 June 2018
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

1. Introduction: On Death, Religion, and Rubrics for Suicide Margo Kitts 2. To Die For: The Evolution of Early Jewish Martyrdom Shmuel Shepkaru 3. Performing Christian Martyrdoms Gail Streete 4. Collective Martyrdom and Religious Suicide: The Branch Davidians and Heaven's Gate Catherine Wessinger 5. Martyrdom and its Contestations in the Formative Period of Islam Asma Afsaruddin 6. The Death of Musa al- Kazim (d. 184/799): Knowledge and Suicide in Early Twelver Shi'ism Najam Haider 7. Apologia for Suicide: Martyrdom in Contemporary Jihadist Discourse Mohammed M. Hafez 8. Hindu Ascetic Death Mary Storm 9. Sati David Brick 10. Dying Heroically: Jainism and the Ritual Fast to Death Anne Vallely 11. The Tropics of Heroic Death: Martyrdom and the Sikh Tradition Louis E. Fenech 12. The Meanings of Sacrifice: The LTTE, Suicide, and the Limits of the Religion Question Benjamin Schonthal 13. To Extract the Essence from this Essenceless Body: Self-Sacrifice and Self-Immolation in Indian Buddhism Reiko Ohnuma 14. Reflection on Self-Immolation in Chinese Buddhist and Daoist Traditions Jimmy Yu 15. Relinquishing the Body to Reach the Pure Land: Buddhist Ascetic Suicide in Premodern Japan Jacquelyn I. Stone

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Why would people want to kill themselves on behalf of God? Behind the troubling scenes of suicide bombers and burning monks are complex religious histories of martyrdom. This remarkable collection of authoritative essays covers all aspects of this perplexing topic in every religious tradition, ranging from early history to the present. This important volume forces us to think anew about the awesome power of the religious imagination. -Mark Juergensmeyer, author of Terror in the Mind of God: The Global Rise of Religious Violence

Why would people want to kill themselves on behalf of God? Behind the troubling scenes of suicide bombers and burning monks are complex religious histories of martyrdom. This remarkable collection of authoritative essays covers all aspects of this perplexing topic in every religious tradition, ranging from early history to the present. This important volume forces us to think anew about the awesome power of the religious imagination. -Mark Juergensmeyer, author of Terror in the Mind of God: The Global Rise of Religious Violence

Author Information

Margo Kitts is Professor and Coordinator of Religious Studies and East-West Classical Studies at Hawai'i Pacific University. She is the author or editor of six books and over 30 articles dealing with ancient literature and/or religion and violence. She edits the Journal of Religion and Violence, and co-edits the monograph series, Cambridge Elements of Religion and Violence.

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