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Title Sacrificing the self : perspectives on martyrdom and religion / edited by Margaret Cormack.

Publication Info. Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, [2001]
©2001

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 University of Saint Joseph: Pope Pius XII Library - Standard Shelving Location  291.23 S123S    Check Shelf
Description xv, 156 pages ; 22cm.
Series AAR the religions
AAR the religions (Unnumbered)
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents Is there martyrdom in the Hebrew bible? / Marc Brettler -- Honor and sacredness in the Roman and Christian worlds / Carlin Barton -- Very special death / Carole Straw -- Murder and martyrs in Anglo-Saxon England / Margaret Cormack -- Revaluation of martyrdom in early Islam / Keith Lewinstein -- Contemplative death in Jewish mystical tradition / Lawrence Fine -- Martyrdom in Sunni revivalist thought / Daniel Brown -- Truth and sacrifice / Lindsey Harlan -- Self-sacrifice as truth in India / D. Dennis Hudson.
Subject Martyrdom -- History of doctrines.
Added Author Cormack, Margaret (Margaret Jean)
ISBN 0195149998 alkaline paper
0195150007 paperback alkaline paper
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