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Terror, Vengeance And Martyrdom In The French Revolution: The Case Of The Shades, Ronald Schechter
Terror, Vengeance And Martyrdom In The French Revolution: The Case Of The Shades, Ronald Schechter
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In recent years, terrorism has become closely associated with martyrdom in the minds of many terrorists and in the view of nations around the world. In Islam, martyrdom is mostly conceived as "bearing witness" to faith and God. Martyrdom is also central to the Christian tradition, not only in the form of Christ's Passion or saints faced with persecution and death, but in the duty to lead a good and charitable life. In both religions, the association of religious martyrdom with political terror has a long and difficult history. The essays of this volume illuminate this history--following, for example, Christian …