John Soboslai
Biographic Data
| ID | 1084724 |
|---|---|
| NAME | John Soboslai |
| GIVEN NAMES | John |
| FAMILY NAME | Soboslai |
| SIGNATURE | SOBOSLAI J |
| AFFILIATIONS | Montclair State University |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-4439-4884 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 7 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 7 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2011 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2024 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Constructing Religious Martyrdom
Martyrdom is a phenomenon common to many of the world's religious traditions. But why? In this study, John Soboslai offers insights into the practices of self-sacrifice within specific sociopolitical contexts. Providing a new understanding of martyrdom through the lens of political theology, he analyzes discourses and performances in four religious traditions during social and political crises, beginning with second-century Christianity in Asia M…
Confronting Religious Violence
Competing Fundamentalisms
The Bodhisattva, the Dharmarāja, and the Dalai Lamas
Since 2009, over one hundred and fifty Tibetans have self-immolated. While most scholarly discussions of these tragedies have revolved around non-violent, bodhisattva ethics, we challenge and supplement those interpretations through an analysis of the long lineage of defensive violence in Tibetan Buddhism. Comparing the discourses of the V Dalai Lama during the sectarian battles of the seventeenth century to those of the XIV Dalai Lama regarding …
Sikh Self-Sacrifice and Religious Representation during World War I
This paper analyzes the ways Sikh constructions of sacrifice were created and employed to engender social change in the early twentieth century. Through an examination of letters written by Sikh soldiers serving in the British Indian Army during World War I and contemporary documents from within their global religious, legislative, and economic context, I argue that Sikhs mobilized conceptions of self-sacrifice in two distinct directions, both ai…
Violently Peaceful
The paper investigates the conceptual dichotomy of violence and nonviolence in reference to the self-immolations that have been taking place in Tibet for the last several years. First using the insights of Hannah Arendt to distinguish between the categories of violent, nonviolent and peaceful, I approach the question of violence as the problem of acts that transgress prohibitions against causing harm. Using that heuristic, I examine the ways mult…
Christian America and the Kingdom of God
Christian America and the Kingdom of God, by Richard T. Hughes, University of Illinois Press: Urbana, 2009, xiii + 211pp. ISBN 978 0 252 03285 1, US$29.95 (cloth) In many ways, Richard T. Hughes' b
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Christian America and the Kingdom of God
Christian America and the Kingdom of God, by Richard T. Hughes, University of Illinois Press: Urbana, 2009, xiii + 211pp. ISBN 978 0 252 03285 1, US$29.95 (cloth) In many ways, Richard T. Hughes' b
Violently Peaceful
The paper investigates the conceptual dichotomy of violence and nonviolence in reference to the self-immolations that have been taking place in Tibet for the last several years. First using the insights of Hannah Arendt to distinguish between the categories of violent, nonviolent and peaceful, I approach the question of violence as the problem of acts that transgress prohibitions against causing harm. Using that heuristic, I examine the ways mult…
The Bodhisattva, the Dharmarāja, and the Dalai Lamas
Since 2009, over one hundred and fifty Tibetans have self-immolated. While most scholarly discussions of these tragedies have revolved around non-violent, bodhisattva ethics, we challenge and supplement those interpretations through an analysis of the long lineage of defensive violence in Tibetan Buddhism. Comparing the discourses of the V Dalai Lama during the sectarian battles of the seventeenth century to those of the XIV Dalai Lama regarding …
Sikh Self-Sacrifice and Religious Representation during World War I
This paper analyzes the ways Sikh constructions of sacrifice were created and employed to engender social change in the early twentieth century. Through an examination of letters written by Sikh soldiers serving in the British Indian Army during World War I and contemporary documents from within their global religious, legislative, and economic context, I argue that Sikhs mobilized conceptions of self-sacrifice in two distinct directions, both ai…
Competing Fundamentalisms
Confronting Religious Violence
Constructing Religious Martyrdom
Martyrdom is a phenomenon common to many of the world's religious traditions. But why? In this study, John Soboslai offers insights into the practices of self-sacrifice within specific sociopolitical contexts. Providing a new understanding of martyrdom through the lens of political theology, he analyzes discourses and performances in four religious traditions during social and political crises, beginning with second-century Christianity in Asia M…
Philosophy (6 works) · Law (5 works) · Political science (5 works) · Religious studies (5 works) · Theology (5 works) · History (4 works) · Sociology (4 works) · Buddhism (3 works) · Politics (3 works) · American Constitutional Law and Politics (2 works)