-the term “ta’ziyeh” refers to an iranian dramatic genre which might be compared to the western passion play and is the only indigenous drama of the entire islamic world. this ritual drama has both an islamic and a persian heritage, the central theme of which is the tragic and heroic martyrdom of imam husayn, the grandson of the prophet mohammed and the third imam of shi’ite in the desert of ka...

Palestinian suicide bombing/martyrdom speaks both to the symbolic significance of the human body and also to the connections that this form of violence has to religious and interconnected political authorities and influences. This article examines these religiously and politically inspired events using an analysis of emotion and body, placing particular emphasis on their mediation through cultu...

This essay deals with the collective episodes of Christian martyrdom that took place in Japan Early Modern Time. On February 5, 1597 six Spanish Franciscans, seventeen Japanese catechists and three Jesuits, a priest two brothers were martyred by crucifixion on Nishizaka Hill, Nagasaki. episode Christians was first many such occurred to great extent during so-called Century or Namban Era (1549-1...

1 Basic context 2 Depictions in Luke-Acts 2.1 Status of the Church 2.2 Scribes and chief priests 2.3 Jerusalem Temple 2.4 Imprisonment of Peter and John 2.5 Role of Sadducees 2.6 Martyrdom of Stephen 2.7 Persecution in Damascus 2.8 Execution of James 2.9 Violence against Paul 2.10 Crowds in Corinth 2.11 Threats against Paul's life 2.12 Paul before a Sanhedrin 3 Elsewhere in the New Testament 3....

The martyrdom of Saint Sebastian is one of the most enduring themes in Western religious art. The execution scene so often portrayed - with the Saint transfixed with arrows - is based on the legend about his life and death during the reign of the Roman emperor, Diocletian. However, it is the symbolic association of arrows with the Black Death - during the Middle Ages and during the Renaissance ...

Abstract Through the ethnographic exploration of Syrian uprising, this article shows how revolutionary actions and times are shaped by competing ideas martyrdom. Aiming at tracing engagement through fragments left martyrs witnesses; argues that urge to act now during 2011 revolution was linked imminence personal collective endings. actions, revolutionaries seemed actualise in present their desi...