Faith and sword : a short history of Christian-Muslim conflict / Alan G. Jamieson.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Jamieson, A. G. (Alan G.), author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Christianity and other religions--Islam--History.

Christianity and other religions.

Islam--Relations--Christianity--History.

Islam.

War--Religious aspects.

War.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (260 pages) : illustrations, maps

Edition:

Second expanded edition.

Place of Publication:

London, England : Reaktion Books, 2016.

Summary:

With the recent surge in terrorist acts and military confrontations, as well as ever-strengthening fundamentalist ideologies, the Christian-Muslim divide is perhaps more visible than ever-but it is not new. Alan G. Jamieson explores here the long and bloody history of the Christian-Muslim conflict, revealing in his concise yet comprehensive study how deeply this ancient divide is interwoven with crucial events in world history.  Faith and Sword  opens with the tumultuous first centuries of the conflict, examining the religious precepts that framed clashes between Christians and Muslims and that ultimately fueled the legendary Crusades. Traversing the full breadth of the Arab lands and Christendom, Jamieson chronicles the turbulent saga from the Arab conquests of the seventh century to the rise of the powerful Ottoman Empire and its fall at the end of World War I. He then explores the complex dynamics that emerged later in the twentieth century, as Christendom was transformed into the secular West and Islamic nations overthrew European colonialism to establish governments straddling modernity and religiosity.  From the 1979 Iranian revolution to the Lebanon hostage crisis to-in this new expanded edition-the recent wars in Syria, Iraq, and Afghanistan, Faith and Sword  reveals the essence of this enduring struggle and its consequences.  

Contents:

Cover

Faith and Sword: A Short History of Christian-Muslim Conflict Second Expanded Edition

Imprint Page

Contents

List of Maps

1. Introducing the Longest War

2. The Arab Conquests, 632-750

3. Byzantine Defiance, 750-1000

4. Rise of the West: Christian Advances in the Eleventh Century

5. Muslim Reaction: Victory over Outremer, Defeat in Spain, 1100-1300

6. Rise of the Ottoman Turks, 1300-1500

7. Ottoman Challenge: The Sixteenth Century

8. Ottoman Revival and Decline, 1600-1815

9. Triumph of the West, 1815-1918

10. Breaking Free, 1918-1979

11. Challenging America, 1979-2005

12. The 9/11 Wars (to 2015)

13. Conclusion: A New Conflict?

Glossary of Place Name Changes

Chronology

Select Bibliography

Acknowledgements

Index.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed March 3, 2017).

ISBN:

9781780236889

1780236883