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God of Battles: Holy Wars of Christianity and Islam
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God of Battles: Holy Wars of Christianity and Islam Paperback - 1998

by Peter Partner

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.


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What makes a war "holy," and who decides that it is? God of Battles examines the origins of holy war, and how it affects the modern world. Peter Partner shows how the ideal of the crusade, "God's War," came to permeate medieval Christendom, and how it influenced later Western societies, especially in their attitudes to colonialism. Above all, this book examines the reasons behind the fear that Islamic fundamentalism excites in the West. From the pre-Christian era to the Gulf War, this book places the jihad of the East and the Crusade of the West in their historical context, and warns against allowing crusading war propaganda to affect our judgments today.

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  • Title God of Battles: Holy Wars of Christianity and Islam
  • Author Peter Partner
  • Binding Paperback
  • Edition [ Edition: first
  • Pages 364
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Princeton University Press, Princeton
  • Date 1998-11-08
  • ISBN 9780691002354 / 0691002355
  • Weight 1.27 lbs (0.58 kg)
  • Dimensions 9.13 x 6 x 0.98 in (23.19 x 15.24 x 2.49 cm)
  • Themes
    • Religious Orientation: Christian
    • Religious Orientation: Islamic
  • Library of Congress subjects Islam - Relations - Christianity, Christianity and other religions - Islam
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 98-28813
  • Dewey Decimal Code 291.178

About the author

Peter Partner worked for many years as a journalist for The Observer (for whom he wrote the leading article in the first week of the Suez Crisis) and The Economist, among other publications. His books include The Lands of St. Peter: The Papal State in the Middle Ages, The Murdered Magicians: The Templars and Their Myth, and The Pope's Men: The Papal Civil Service in the Renaissance.
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