Sacred Violence: African Christians and Sectarian Hatred in the Age of Augustine
- ISBN-10
- 0521196051
- ISBN-13
- 9780521196055
- Series
- Sacred Violence
- Category
- History
- Pages
- 910
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2011-09-01
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press
- Author
- Brent D. Shaw
Description
Employs the sectarian battles which divided African Christians in late antiquity to explore the nature of violence in religious conflicts.
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- 2014-08-27
- 280 pages
- Paperback
- Palgrave Macmillan
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- 2009-10-15
- 376 pages
- Ebook
- University of Toronto Press
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- 2009-09-23
- 248 pages
- Ebook
- University of Michigan Press
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