TY  - BOOK
AU  - Ruelland,Jacques G.
AU  - Fuykschot,Cornellia
AU  - Poulin,Jeanne
TI  - Holy War: The History of an Idea
SN  - 9780773421516 (electronic bk.)
AV  - BT736.2 .R82513 2007 
U1  - 201.7273201/.7273 
PY  - 2007///
CY  - Lewiston
PB  - Edwin Mellen Press
KW  - Crusades
KW  - Jihad
KW  - War -- Biblical teaching
KW  - War -- Religious aspects -- Christianity
KW  - War -- Religious aspects -- Islam
KW  - War
KW  - Religious aspects
KW  - Christianity
KW  - Islam
KW  - RELIGION / Religion, Politics & State
KW  - bisacsh
KW  - Electronic books
N1  - Description based upon print version of record
N2  - Though the wise know that history will inevitably repeat itself, mankind keeps on making the same mistakes. It is never an easy task to write about war and religion, and Dr. Jacques G. Ruelland has managed to do so clearly and without prejudice. Through his exposé of the holy wars, this philosopher-historian traces a not-so-holy picture of civilization by analyzing the semantics of "sacredness" inherent to monotheistic religions. With the compassionate eye of the humanist, he helps us understand the origins of the justifications of wars waged in the name of the Almighty. Will we ever learn to
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