Recent literature on modern martyrdom and memory has focused on cases in which individual groups remember martyrs' sacrifices by making similar memorials to them. However, this article argues that even if members of a group agree on a martyr narrative, different memorials with diverse meanings can still be erected in memory of the martyrs concerned. This article supports its argument by exploring the case of twenty members of the Holy Ghost Fathers (Spiritans) who were killed on 1 January 1962 in Kongolo in southeastern Congo-Kinshasa. The memorials dedicated to these Spiritans differ substantively with each other by emphasizing different aspects of sacrifice and memory. This article concludes by arguing that the diversity of memorials involved in this case alerts us to the fact that the traditions associated with martyrdom do not always dominate the public memory of those who sacrifice their lives for a cause.
مجموعه
تاريخ نشر
2018
توصيف ظاهري
217-250
عنوان
Social Sciences and Missions
شماره جلد
31/3-4
شماره استاندارد بين المللي پياييندها
1874-8945
اصطلاحهای موضوعی کنترل نشده
اصطلاح موضوعی
commémoration
اصطلاح موضوعی
Congo
اصطلاح موضوعی
décolonisation
اصطلاح موضوعی
decolonization
اصطلاح موضوعی
History of Religion
اصطلاح موضوعی
Holy Ghost Fathers (Spiritans)
اصطلاح موضوعی
Katanga
اصطلاح موضوعی
martyrdom
اصطلاح موضوعی
memorialization
اصطلاح موضوعی
Pères du Saint-Esprit (Spiritains)
اصطلاح موضوعی
Religion & Society
اصطلاح موضوعی
Religious Studies
اصطلاح موضوعی
Social Sciences
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