On the eve of the 20th anniversary of the murders, at a time when the Defense Committee is beginning to feel increasingly optimistic about a possible commutation of Peltier's sentence, some of his old colleagues in the American Indian Movement have taken to attacking one another publicly, ...
A martyr, meaning a witness to the truth of the Christian faith, would, in the early days of the Christian religion, often endure death as a result of their testimony. The term therefore rapidly came to signify those who had been put to death for their faith. In the Reformation era, th...
even if it were only a “one-time” lie. In most instances of martyrdom, the martyr could have escaped a death sentence simply by pretending to deny his faith. Escape from a painful death was just one
In this chapter, I investigate how Joyce Carol Oates has conceptualised martyrdom in terms of gender and non-human animal perspectives in “Martyrdom” (1994). I suggest that a biopolitical approach to gendered violence and to the instrumentalisation of.
During cross-examination, Uweinat admitted the “green birds” was a reference to being involved in a martyrdom exercise that could happen in Canberra. He created or sent more propaganda promoting the terrorist organisation, such as an edited image of the IS flag on Anzac Bridge in Sydney, as...
" Ignatius replied, "Truly so; for it is written, 'I will dwell in them, and walk in them.'" Then Trajan pronounced sentence as follows: "We command that Ignatius, who affirms that he carries about within him Him that was crucified, be bound by soldiers, and carried to the great [...
When reading them, one notices a common refrain: when questioned, the accused would cry out: “I am a Christian,” which was the equivalent of saying, “I am guilty as charged.” In an era when such an admission carried a death sentence, these authentic testimonies provide a convincing ...
publishing Martin’s book Carter took this passage to be so, but Topcliffe read into the words a thinly veiled call for the assassination of Queen Elizabeth I. In the margin Topcliffe drew a sinister sketch of his accusing finger pointing to what h...
at a time when the Defense Committee is beginning to feel increasingly optimistic about a possible commutation of Peltier's sentence, some of his old colleagues in the American Indian Movement have taken to attacking one another publicly, calling up old ghosts and striking at some of the key po...
sentence, he recited theJapjī(the most important Sikh scripture) until he was executed. After his beheading, a loyal Sikh took the Guru’s head back to Anandpur. According to tradition, another loyal Sikh took the body back to his home and cremated it; a Sikh shrine,GurdwārāRakāb Ganj...