culture of death

== English == === Etymology === Coined by John Paul II. === Pronunciation === === Noun === culture of death (plural cultures of death) (politics, Catholicism) In contemporary cultural discourse, a culture asserted to be inconsistent with the concept of a "culture of life," such as cultures that support contraception and abortion, euthanasia, capital punishment, human cloning, self-absorption, apathy or poverty, or fail to view human beings as ends in themselves in any other way. A society that reveres suicide bombers as martyrs. ==== Translations ==== === References === (suicide bombers as martyrs): The Culture of Death: Terrorist Organizations and Suicide Bombing