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Holy war, martyrdom, and terror : Christianity, violence, and the West, ca. 70 C.E. to the Iraq War
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- Creator
- Philippe Buc
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- Language
- English
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- Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, [2015]
- ©2015
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- viii, 445 pages ; 24 cm
- ISBNs
- 9780812246858, 0812246853, 9780812290974, 0812224019, 9780812224016, 0812290976, 1336022191
- OCLC
- ocn893455587, ocn904033582, ocn913651038
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 371-421) and index.
- 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?