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The Great and Holy War: How World War 1 Changed Religion for Ever
Philip Jenkins
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Description for The Great and Holy War: How World War 1 Changed Religion for Ever
Paperback. A paradigm-shifting history that reveals how the early Christian churches in the East helped to shape the Asia and the Christianity we know today Num Pages: 448 pages, 50 b/w photos and 5 maps. BIC Classification: 3JJF; HBLW; HBWN; HRAX; HRC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 397 x 197 x 26. Weight in Grams: 466.
The war was fought by the world's leading Christian nations, who presented the conflict as a holy war. A steady stream of patriotic and militaristic rhetoric was served to an unprecedented audience, using language that spoke of holy war and crusade, of apocalypse and Armageddon. But this rhetoric was not mere state propaganda. Philip Jenkins reveals how the widespread belief in angels, apparitions, and the supernatural, was a driving force throughout the war and shaped all three of the Abrahamic religions - Christianity, Judaism, and Islam - paving the way for modern views of religion and violence. The disappointed hopes ... Read more
The war was fought by the world's leading Christian nations, who presented the conflict as a holy war. A steady stream of patriotic and militaristic rhetoric was served to an unprecedented audience, using language that spoke of holy war and crusade, of apocalypse and Armageddon. But this rhetoric was not mere state propaganda. Philip Jenkins reveals how the widespread belief in angels, apparitions, and the supernatural, was a driving force throughout the war and shaped all three of the Abrahamic religions - Christianity, Judaism, and Islam - paving the way for modern views of religion and violence. The disappointed hopes ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Lion Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
Weight
466g
Number of Pages
448
Place of Publication
, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780745956732
SKU
V9780745956732
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About Philip Jenkins
Philip Jenkins is the Distinguished Senior Fellow at the Institute for Studies of Religion at Baylor University. He has published articles and op-ed pieces in The Wall Street Journal, The New Republic, The Atlantic Monthly, The Washington Post, and The Boston Globe and is a regular on radio shows. He was educated at Cambridge and has written over twenty books ... Read more
Reviews for The Great and Holy War: How World War 1 Changed Religion for Ever
`This bold new theory also shows how the First World War changed the world’s “religious map” and in doing so paved the way for a “worldwide spiritual revolution.”’
The Bookseller
“Jenkins is especially instructive on its [WW1’s] consequences for the world’s - not simply Europe’s religions.”
WALL STREET JOURNAL
“A historical tour de force… We must ... Read more
The Bookseller
“Jenkins is especially instructive on its [WW1’s] consequences for the world’s - not simply Europe’s religions.”
WALL STREET JOURNAL
“A historical tour de force… We must ... Read more