Constantelos Demetrios J
Department of Religious Studies, Richard Stockton College of New Jersey, Pomona 08240-0195, USA.
Arch Suicide Res. 2004;8(1):57-71. doi: 10.1080/13811110490243813.
Altruistic Suicide: From Sainthood to Terrorism as titled poses the question: altruistic suicide or altruistic martyrdom? This article speaks more about martyrdom than suicide. The ancient Greek world and the more modern Christian Greek Orthodox one show that many people preferred death rather than apostasy. The Greek Orthodox neo-martyrs were motivated by categories of martyrdom, being accused of being political offenders or traitors or being charged with being agitators because they advocated a better treatment for Christians. Martyrdom cannot be explained in personality structures and psychological terms, but in terms of Christian Orthodox faith, culture, history, and so on. Altruistic martyrdom by "the neo-martyrs of the Christian Greek Orthodox Church" is martyrdom, not suicide.
《利他性自杀：从圣徒行为到恐怖主义》提出了这样一个问题：利他性自杀还是利他性殉道？本文更多地探讨殉道而非自杀。古希腊世界以及更为现代的希腊东正教基督教世界表明，许多人宁愿赴死也不愿叛教。希腊东正教的新殉道者受殉道类别所驱使，他们被指控为政治犯或叛徒，或被指责为煽动者，因为他们主张给予基督徒更好的待遇。殉道无法用个性结构和心理学术语来解释，而要用希腊东正教的信仰、文化、历史等方面来解释。希腊东正教基督教教会“新殉道者”的利他性殉道是殉道，而非自杀。
