Martyrdom and Identity The Self on Trial

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<div><span lang="EN-US">1. Introduction<span style="display: none;"><span> </span></span></span><br/><p style="text-indent: 36pt;" class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">a. ‘I wish to be what I am'.<span style="display: none;"><span> </span></span></span></p><br/><p style="text-indent: 36pt;" class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">b. martyrdom and Christian identity - the basis of the link</span></p><br/><p style="text-indent: 36pt;" class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">c. ‘identity' and ‘the self'<span style="display: none;"><span> </span></span></span></p><br/><p style="text-indent: 36pt;" class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">d. <span> </span>outline<span style="display: none;"><span> </span></span></span></p><br/><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">2. ‘What Kind of Idea Are You?' Martyrdom and Identity in Charles Taylor and in Salman Rushdie's The Satanic Verses<span style="display: none;"><span> </span></span></span></p><br/><p style="text-indent: 36pt;" class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">a. introduction<span style="display: none;"><span> </span></span></span></p><br/><p style="text-indent: 36pt;" class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">b. Charles Taylor and Authenticity</span></p><br/><p style="text-indent: 36pt;" class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">c. Salman Rushdie's The Satanic Verses<span style="display: none;"><span> </span></span></span></p><br/><p style="text-indent: 36pt;" class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">d. Conclusion<span style="display: none;"><span> </span><o:p /></span></span></p><br/><p style="text-indent: 36pt;" class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><br/><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">3. The First Temptation: The Temptation to Security and the Risk of Martyrdom<span style="display: none;"><span> </span></span></span></p><br/><p style="text-indent: 36pt;" class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">a. introduction<span style="display: none;"><span> </span></span></span></p><br/><p style="text-indent: 36pt;" class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">b. Scripture and the martyrs<span style="display: none;"><span> </span></span></span></p><br/><p style="text-indent: 36pt;" class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">c. the first temptation<span style="display: none;"><span> </span></span></span></p><br/><p style="text-indent: 36pt;" class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">d. Martha C. Nussbaum, the Greeks and luck</span></p><br/><p style="text-indent: 36pt;" class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">e. the martyr and the ‘good' life</span></p><br/><p style="text-indent: 36pt;" class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">f. The martyr looking forward<span style="display: none;"><span> </span><o:p /></span></span></p><br/><p style="text-indent: 36pt;" class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><br/><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">4. The Second Temptation: The Temptation to Collaborate and the Mission of the Martyrs<span style="display: none;"><span> </span></span></span></p><br/><p style="text-indent: 36pt;" class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">a. introduction<span style="display: none;"><span> </span></span></span></p><br/><p style="text-indent: 36pt;" class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">b. the seecond temptation</span></p><br/><p style="text-indent: 36pt;" class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">c. Richard Rorty and pragmatism<span style="display: none;"><span> </span></span></span></p><br/><p style="text-indent: 36pt;" class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">d. the martyr, power and authority<span style="display: none;"><span> </span></span></span></p><br/><p style=&quott;text-indent: 36pt;" class=&a