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Holy war, martyrdom, and terror : Christianity, violence, and the West / Philippe Buc.

"Holy War, Martyrdom, and Terror examines the ways that Christian theology has shaped centuries of conflict from the Jewish-Roman War of late antiquity through the First Crusade, the French Revolution, and up to the Iraq War. By isolating one factor among the many forces that converge in war--t...

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Online Access: Full Text (via ProQuest)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania : University of Pennsylvania Press, 2015.
Series:Haney Foundation series.
Subjects:
Violence > Religious aspects > Christianity > History.
Political violence > Religious aspects > Christianity > History.
War > Religious aspects > Christianity > History.
Martyrdom > Christianity > History.
Terrorism > Religious aspects > Christianity > History.
Martyrdom > Christianity.
Terrorism > Religious aspects > Christianity.
Violence > Religious aspects > Christianity.
War > Religious aspects > Christianity.
History.
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction: The object of this history
  • The American way of war through the premodern looking-glass
  • Christian exegsis and violence
  • Madness, martyrdom, and terror
  • Martyrdom in the West: vengence, purge, salvation, and history
  • Twins: national holy war and sectarian terror
  • Liberty and coercion
  • The subject of history and the making of history
  • Postface: No future to that past?

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