Holy War, Martyrdom, and Terror : : Christianity, Violence, and the West /

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-the esse...

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Buc, Philippe,
Place / Publishing House:Philadelphia : : University of Pennsylvania Press, , [2015]
©2015
Year of Publication:2015
Language:English
Series:Haney Foundation Series
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Physical Description:1 online resource (456 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Preface
  • Introduction. The Object of This History
  • 1. The American Way of War Through the Premodern Looking-Glass
  • 2. Christian Exegesis and Violence
  • 3. Madness, Martyrdom, and Terror
  • 4. Martyrdom in the West: Vengeance, Purge, Salvation, and History
  • 5. Twins: National Holy War and Sectarian Terror
  • 6. Liberty and Coercion
  • 7. The Subject of History and the Making of History
  • Postface. No Future to That Past?
  • Abbreviations
  • Notes
  • Select Bibliography
  • Index
  • Acknowledgments

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