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Holy war, martyrdom, and terror : Christianity, violence, and the West, ca. 70 C.E. to the Iraq War / Philippe Buc.
LIBRA BT736.15 .B83 2015
Available from offsite location
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Buc, Philippe, 1961- author.
- Series:
- Haney Foundation series
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Violence--Religious aspects--Christianity--History.
- Violence.
- Political violence--Religious aspects--Christianity--History.
- Political violence.
- War--Religious aspects--Christianity--History.
- War.
- Martyrdom--Christianity--History.
- Martyrdom.
- Terrorism--Religious aspects--Christianity--History.
- Terrorism.
- Terrorism--Religious aspects--Christianity.
- History.
- Martyrdom--Christianity.
- War--Religious aspects--Christianity.
- Political violence--Religious aspects--Christianity.
- Violence--Religious aspects--Christianity.
- Physical Description:
- viii, 445 pages ; 24 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, [2015]
- Contents:
- Introduction: The object of this history
- The American way of war through the premodern looking-glass
- Christian exegsis and violence
- Madness, martyrdom, and terror
- Martyrdom in the West: vengence, purge, salvation, and history
- Twins: national holy war and sectarian terror
- Liberty and coercion
- The subject of history and the making of history
- Postface: No future to that past?
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 371-421) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780812246858
- 0812246853
- OCLC:
- 893455587
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