Holy War Idea in Western and Islamic Traditions

Holy War Idea in Western and Islamic Traditions
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Publisher : Penn State Press
Total Pages : 220
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ISBN-13 : 0271042141
ISBN-10 : 9780271042145
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Download or read book Holy War Idea in Western and Islamic Traditions written by James Turner Johnson and published by Penn State Press. This book was released on 2010-11-01 with total page 220 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Explores the attitudes of Western Christianity and Islam toward war for religion, explaining the differences in the two cultural traditions that result in fundamentally different perceptions of the nature of religious wars.


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