The Great and holy war : How World War I changed religion for ever

The Great and Holy War offers the first look at how religion created and prolonged the First World War, and the lasting impact it had on Christianity and world religions more extensively in the century that followed. The war was fought by the world's leading Christian nations, who presented the... Full description

Main Author:	Jenkins, Philip.
Published:	Oxford : Lion, 2014
Subjects:	WORLD WAR 1 (1914-1918) - RELIGIOUS ASPECTS. NATIONALISM - RELIGIOUS ASPECTS - HISTORY - 20th CENTURY.
Online Access:	Full text - Book opens through link in DTL
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Summary:	The Great and Holy War offers the first look at how religion created and prolonged the First World War, and the lasting impact it had on Christianity and world religions more extensively in the century that followed. 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.
Item Description:	Includes Index and Bibliographical References.
Physical Description:	eBook
ISBN:	9780745956749

The Great and holy war : How World War I changed religion for ever

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