TY - GEN AB - 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, self-sacrifice, or self-immolation-historically carries a dynamic importance in religious legends, some tragic and others uplifting. AU - Kitts, Margo, CN - Oxford Scholarship Online CN - BL626.5 ID - 822834 KW - Martyrdom. LK - https://univsouthin.idm.oclc.org/login?url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780190656485.001.0001 N2 - 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, self-sacrifice, or self-immolation-historically carries a dynamic importance in religious legends, some tragic and others uplifting. SN - 9780190656522 T1 - Martyrdom, self-sacrifice, and self-immolation :religious perspectives on suicide / TI - Martyrdom, self-sacrifice, and self-immolation :religious perspectives on suicide / UR - https://univsouthin.idm.oclc.org/login?url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780190656485.001.0001 ER -