War and Religion by Arnaud Blin - 9780520286634

War and ReligionEurope and the Mediterranean from the First through the Twenty-first Centuries\nAuthor(s): Arnaud Blin\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: University of California Press, United States\nImprint: University of California Press\nISBN-13: 9780520286634, 978-0520286634\nSynopsis\nThe resurgence of violent terrorist organizations claiming to act in the name of God has rekindled dramatic public debate about the connection between violence and religion and its history.\n Offering a panoramic view of the tangled history of war and religion throughout Europe and the Mediterranean, War and Religiontakes a hard look at the tumultuous history of war in its relationship to religion. Arnaud Blin examines how this relationship began through the concurrent emergence of the Mediterranean empires and the great monotheistic faiths. Moving through the Middle Ages and the Renaissance and into the modern era, Blin concludes with why the link between violence and religion endures. For each time p.