Holy Wars And Holy Alliance

Author : Manlio Graziano
Publisher : Columbia University Press
ISBN 13 : 0231543913
Total Pages : 308 pages
Book Rating : 4.10/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Holy Wars and Holy Alliance written by Manlio Graziano and published by Columbia University Press. This book was released on 2017-04-11 with total page 308 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Religions are reemerging in the social, political, and economic spheres previously occupied and dominated by secular institutions and ideologies. In the wake of crises exposing the limits of secular modernity, religions have again become significant players in domestic and international politics. At the same time, the Catholic Church has sought a "holy alliance" among the world's faiths to recentralize devout influence, an important, albeit little-noticed, evolution in international relations. Holy Wars and Holy Alliance explores the nation-state's current crisis in order to better understand the religious resurgence's implications for geopolitics. Manlio Graziano looks at how the Catholic Church promotes dialogue and action linking world religions, and examines how it has used its material, financial, and institutional strength to gain power and increase its profile in present-day international politics. Challenging the idea that modernity is tied to progress and secularization, Graziano documents the "return" or the "revenge" of God in all facets of life. He shows that tolerance, pluralism, democracy, and science have not triumphed as once predicted. To fully grasp the destabilizing dynamics at work today, he argues, we must appreciate the nature of religious struggles and political holy wars now unfolding across the international stage.

Author : William Penn Cresson
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 214 pages
Book Rating : 4.17/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Holy Alliance written by William Penn Cresson and published by . This book was released on 1922 with total page 214 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Karen Armstrong
Publisher : MacMillan Publishing Company
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 520 pages
Book Rating : 4.42/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Holy War written by Karen Armstrong and published by MacMillan Publishing Company. This book was released on 1988 with total page 520 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Crusades and their impact on today's world.

Author : Jonathan Raban
Publisher : Picador USA
ISBN 13 : 9781447219415
Total Pages : 208 pages
Book Rating : 4.14/5 ( download)

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Download or read book My Holy War written by Jonathan Raban and published by Picador USA. This book was released on 2012-01-05 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What does America's 'war on terror' and new era of religious and patriotic intensity look like to an Englishman living in Seattle?

Author : Karen Armstrong
Publisher : Anchor
ISBN 13 : 0385721404
Total Pages : 674 pages
Book Rating : 4.00/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Holy War written by Karen Armstrong and published by Anchor. This book was released on 2001-11-27 with total page 674 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The New York Times bestselling author of A History of God skillfully narrates the history of the Crusades with a view toward their profound and continuing influence. "Holy War brings compassion, objectivity, breadth, and imagination to the most urgent crisis of our time." —The Boston Phoenix In 1095 Pope Urban II summoned Christian warriors to take up the cross and reconquer the Holy Land. Thus began the holy wars that would focus the power of Europe against a common enemy and become the stuff of romantic legend. In reality the Crusades were a series of rabidly savage conflicts in the name of piety. And, as Armstrong demonstrates in this fascinating book, their legacy of religious violence continues today in the Middle East, where the age-old conflict of Christians, Jews, and Muslims persists.

Author : Alfred J. Andrea
Publisher : Hackett Publishing
ISBN 13 : 162466962X
Total Pages : 203 pages
Book Rating : 4.20/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Sanctified Violence written by Alfred J. Andrea and published by Hackett Publishing. This book was released on 2021-03-24 with total page 203 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "This rich and engaging book looks at instances of sanctified violence, the holy wars related to religion. It covers it all, from ancient to present day, including examples of warfare among Sikhs, Hindus and Buddhists, as well as Christians, Jews and Muslims. It is a comprehensive and readable overview that provides a lively introduction to the subject of holy war in its broadest sense—as ‘sanctified violence’ in the service of a god or ideology. It is certain to be a useful companion in the classroom, and a boon to anyone fascinated by the dark attraction of religion and violence." —Mark Juergensmeyer, University of California, Santa Barbara Contents: Introduction: What Is Holy War? Chapter 1: Holy Wars in Mythic Time, Holy Wars as Metaphor, Holy Wars as RitualChapter 2: Holy Wars of Conquest in the Name of a DeityChapter 3: Holy Wars in Defense of the SacredChapter 4: Holy Wars in Anticipation of the Millennium Epilogue: Holy Wars Today and Tomorrow Also included are a description of the Critical Themes in World History series, Preface, index, and suggestions for further reading.

Author : Peter Partner
Publisher : Princeton University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780691002354
Total Pages : 416 pages
Book Rating : 4.55/5 ( download)

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Download or read book God of Battles written by Peter Partner and published by Princeton University Press. This book was released on 1998 with total page 416 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Peter Partner shows how the ideal of the crusade, "God's War", came to permeate medieval Christendom, and how it influenced later Western societies. Above all, this book examines the fear that Islamic fundamentalism excites in the west and warns against allowing crusading war propaganda to affect our judgment today. 24 illustrations. Maps.

Author : Steven Merritt Miner
Publisher : Univ of North Carolina Press
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 438 pages
Book Rating : 4.47/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Stalin's Holy War written by Steven Merritt Miner and published by Univ of North Carolina Press. This book was released on 2003 with total page 438 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Stalin's Holy War: Religion, Nationalism, and Alliance Politics, 1941-1945

Author : John Bunyan
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 302 pages
Book Rating : 4.11/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Holy War written by John Bunyan and published by . This book was released on 1808 with total page 302 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : John Bunyan
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : pages
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Download or read book The Holy War written by John Bunyan and published by . This book was released on 1917 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: