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Sabrina Bonsen sheds light on political cults of martyrs in Lebanon and reconsiders the context of their emergence, development and distinct characteristics since 1920. She examines how the honouring of martyrs became an established practice in Lebanese politics and is crucial to grasp the logic of violence and conflict. Drawing on the case of the Amal movement, the author analyses central narratives to the group’s discourse and practices concerning martyrdom to show how identity construction and strategies of legitimizing power are intertwined. Moreover, the book provides insides into political competition strategies, especially in regards to the two major Shiʿite political actors, Amal and Hizbullah, and takes a new look on martyrdom by going beyond cultural-religious explanations. Contents Modern political history of martyr cults and identities in Lebanon: common features and differences, functions and effects Contemporary martyr myths, memorials and rites identified through participant observations, literature analysis and interviews Case study on the Amal movement: political history, discourse and practices Target Groups Lectures and students of political science, near and middle eastern studies, conflict studies Scholars and professionals interested in Lebanon and the Middle East The Author Sabrina Bonsen is a political scientist and received her doctorate from the University of Marburg. Her fields of research are contemporary political actors and societies in the Middle East.

Martyrs --- Cult of martyrs --- Invocation of martyrs --- Veneration of martyrs --- Worship of martyrs --- Cults --- Cult. --- Cultus --- Religion and politics. --- Area studies. --- Politics and Religion. --- Area Studies. --- Area research --- Foreign area studies --- Education --- Research --- Geography --- Political science --- Politics, Practical --- Politics and religion --- Religion --- Religions --- Study and teaching --- Religious aspects --- Political aspects --- Heroes --- Martyrdom --- Persecution --- Cult --- Amal (Movement) --- Ḥarakat Amal --- أمل --- حركة امل

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Through a discussion of power dynamics with a critical eye towards the political situation of influential Christian leaders including Constantine, Damasus, Ambrose, and Augustine, Death's Dominion demonstrates the ways in which these individuals sought to craft Christian identity and cultural memory around the martyr shrine. Other recent scholarship on the martyr cult has conflated issues of the early fifth century with those from the early fourth, with little discussion of the development of the martyr cult during the intervening decades. Death's Dominion corrects that omission by presenting a diachronic focus on the development of the martyr cult in the pivotal fourth century. During this period the martyr cult was repeatedly a decisive tool for the augmentation and solidification of civil and religious authority.Late in the fourth century pilgrimage created a network within Christianity which ultimately led to a catholic Christian understanding of the martyrs' graves by broadening the appeal of regional practices to disparate audiences. This simultaneously reinforced and subverted the desired message of those who sought to craft the meaning associated with the martyrs' remains. Pilgrims helped manufacture a homogenized understanding of the martyr cult ultimately enabling it to become one of the most identifiable features of Christianity in subsequent centuries.

Shrines. --- Martyrs --- Pilgrims and pilgrimages. --- Christianity and other religions. --- Cults. --- 235.3*72 --- Christianity --- Christianity and other religions --- Syncretism (Christianity) --- Religions --- Processions, Religious --- Travelers --- Voyages and travels --- Shrines --- Cult of martyrs --- Invocation of martyrs --- Veneration of martyrs --- Worship of martyrs --- Cults --- Sacred space --- Pilgrims and pilgrimages --- Alternative religious movements --- Cult --- Cultus --- Marginal religious movements --- New religions --- New religious movements --- NRMs (Religion) --- Religious movements, Alternative --- Religious movements, Marginal --- Religious movements, New --- Sects --- 235.3*72 Martelaren--"04/14" --- 235.3*72 Martyrs--"04/14" --- Martelaren--"04/14" --- Martyrs--"04/14" --- Cult. --- Relations --- History --- Pilgrimages and pilgrims --- Spiritual tourism --- Martyrs - Cult --- Martyres