Caner, Ergun Mehmet.

Christian jihad : two former Muslims look at the Crusades and killing in the name of Christ / Two former Muslims look at the Crusades and killing in the name of Christ by Ergun Mehmet Caner and Emir Fethi Caner. - Grand Rapids, MI : Kregel Publications, c2004. - 240 p. ; 22 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 233-240).

We shed no blood but our own : the early church and warfare (A.D. 30/300) -- The thundering legion : how the slaughtered saints became sporadic soldiers (A.D. 150/325) -- The unholy marriage : when the church became a mistress (A.D. 476/1087) -- God wills it! : when Christ commanded a jihad (November 27, 1095/July 17, 1099) -- Sanctified slaughter : when the body of Christ became the army of God -- Pyrrhic victory : the disintegration of Crusades into defeat (1099/1291) -- Ask and you shall receive : the inquisitions of the Middle Ages -- Magisterial mayhem : when a state-run church leads to blood-filled streets -- Let the heathen worship! A struggle from within -- The call of the Crusaders : learning from history -- Appendix A : the just war criteria -- Appendix B : comparison of the speeches of Pope Urban II (1095) and Usamah bin Laden (1998).

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War--Religious aspects--Christianity--History.
Crusades.

BT736.2 / .C27 2004

270.4/CAN