God of battles holy wars of Christianity and Islam
What makes a war 'holy', and who decides that it is? This title examines the origins of holy war, and how it affects the modern world. It shows how the ideal of the crusade, 'God's War', came to permeate medieval Christendom, and how it influenced later Western societies, especially in their attitudes to colonialism.
Print Book, English, 1998
Princeton University Press, Princeton, N.J., 1998
XXVII, 364 p., [16] p. de lám. : il., mapas ; 24 cm
9780691002354, 0691002355
432878665
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS MAPS ACKNOWLEDGMENTS INTRODUCTION 1 Holy Wars of the Ancient Near East 2 Jewish Sects in the Hellenistic World 3 Islam and War 4 Christianity and War 5 Muslim and Christian Holy War 6 Two Societies Organized for Holy War 7 Outside the Holy Wars 8 Holy War, Colonies and Conversion 9 Decay and Transformation of Holy War 10 Holy War and the European Empires 11 Modernity and Political Islam 12 Faith, Government and Dissent 13 Western Dreams, Memories and Fears 14 Assumed Identities GLOSSARY CHRONOLOGICAL TABLE NOTES READING LIST INDEX
Editado originalmente: London : Harper Collins, 1997