Search for dissertations about: "Martyrdom"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 6 swedish dissertations containing the word Martyrdom.

  2. 1. "God Wants It!" : The Ideology of Martyrdom of the Hebrew Crusade Chronicles and Its Jewish and Christian Background

    Author : Lena Roos; Anders Hultgård; Katrin Almbladh; Stefan Schreiner; Uppsala universitet; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; History of religions; Martyrdom; First Crusade; Judaism; religious change; inter-religious relations; persecutions of Jews; suicide; infanticide; forced conversion; Religionshistoria; History of religion; Religionshistoria; History Of Religions; religionshistoria;

    Abstract : This dissertation deals with the ideology of martyrdom of the Hebrew Chronicles which were written in response to the persecutions of the Rhineland Jews during the First Crusade in 1096. The Chronicles describe how thousands of Jews died, some of whom were killed by the crusaders, others killed each other or committed suicide rather than being forcibly bap­tized or killed by the crusaders. READ MORE

  4. 2. Bahā’ī Identity and the concept of Martyrdom

    Author : Per-Olof Åkerdahl; Manfred Hutter; Per-Olof Schalk; Uppsala universitet; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; History of religions; Religionshistoria; History of religion; Religionshistoria; History Of Religions; religionshistoria;

    Abstract : The Bahā’īs have been persecuted in Iran for the greater part of the existence of this movement, especially during the 1850’s and the period after 1979. The persecution has been a dominating part of the Bahā’ī history and an active part of the creation of a special Bahā’ī identity. READ MORE

  5. 3. “God Wants It!” : The Ideology of Martyrdom of the Hebrew Crusade Chronicles and its Jewish and Christian Background

    Author : Lena Roos; Högskolan i Gävle; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; History of religion; Religionshistoria;

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  6. 4. A Mention to Those not Mentioned : Yizkor Books and Holocaust Memory 1943–2008

    Author : Lior Becker; Tomislav Dulić; Lars M Andersson; Tim Cole; Uppsala universitet; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Israel; USA; Holocaust memory; collective memory; Yizkor books; commemoration; remembrance; memory culture; Historia; History;

    Abstract : Yizkor books are communal memorial books commemorating Jewish communities destroyed in the Holocaust, produced as a result of communal activity. This study analyses the production and function of Yizkor books. READ MORE

  7. 5. Creating the Revolutionary Heroines : The Case of Female Terrorists of the PSR (Russia, Beginning of the 20th Century)

    Author : Nadezda Petrusenko; Håkan Blomqvist; Eva Blomberg; Malin Thor Tureby; Södertörns högskola; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Russia; terrorism; women; gender; intersectionality; mythology; autobiography; biography; revolutionary underground; narrative; discourse; Historical Studies; Historiska studier; Östersjö- och Östeuropaforskning; Baltic and East European studies; History;

    Abstract : Representing revolutionary terrorists as heroes and martyrs was a typical feature of the mythology of the Russian revolutionary underground at the beginning of the 20th century. This mythology described Underground Russia, the world of the revolutionaries, as an ideal country inhabited by ideal people. READ MORE