Language:
English
Year of publication:
1997
Titel der Quelle:
Omega; Journal of Death and Dying
Angaben zur Quelle:
36,1 (1997-1998)
Keywords:
Suicide Religious aspects
;
Judaism
;
Christianity and antisemitism
Abstract:
A question ignored by suicidologists is the degree to which major Christian theologians have stressed that Jesus gave up his life voluntarily as an act of salvation for mankind and that it was not taken by another. Indeed His death, in Durkheim's terms, is an "altruistic suicide" and is offered as a standard of love for others. Nevertheless, the Jewish people have been historically blamed for His death with many anti-Jewish persecutions occurring coincidentally with the Christian Holy week. The believing Christian can be seen as a survivor of "altruistic suicide", certain New Testament passages as s suicide note, Easter Week as the anniversary date of Jesus' death, and anti-Jewish persecutions during this period as displacement of survivor guilt into aggression toward Jesus' family of origin. [This abstract of the article was copied from the journal's web site.]
DOI:
10.2190/E40C-6DEW-H7M8-EXKL
URL:
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