War and Religion: Europe and the Mediterranean from the First through the Twenty-first Centuries

War and Religion: Europe and the Mediterranean from the First through the Twenty-first Centuries
ISBN-10
0520286634
ISBN-13
9780520286634
Series
War and Religion
Category
History
Pages
360
Language
English
Published
2019-03-19
Publisher
University of California Press
Author
Arnaud Blin

Description

The resurgence of violent terrorist organizations claiming to act in the name of God has rekindled dramatic public debate about the connection between violence and religion and its history. Offering a panoramic view of the tangled history of war and religion throughout Europe and the Mediterranean, War and Religion takes a hard look at the tumultuous history of war in its relationship to religion. Arnaud Blin examines how this relationship began through the concurrent emergence of the Mediterranean empires and the great monotheistic faiths. Moving through the Middle Ages and the Renaissance and into the modern era, Blin concludes with why the link between violence and religion endures. For each time period, Blin shows how religion not only fueled a great number of conflicts but also defined the manner in which wars were conducted and fought.

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