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Religion and War from Antiquity to Early Modernity

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Responding to the profound challenges of our times, this book provides a comparative and cross-cultural exploration of the role of religion in war in a long historical perspective, from the second millennium BCE, and even earlier, up to early modernity. Individual chapters focus on the ancient Near East, the Mediterranean basin, Europe and North Africa. Widely diverse case studies explore the historic link between the conduct of war and the growing complexity of human society conditioned by the ownership of ideological authority. The book explores how in most historical societies this authority was religious. Written by experts from different disciplinary perspectives, the volume highlights the complex role of religion in conditioning motivations, conduct and the impact of war. Together, the studies challenge common assumptions about the historical relationship between religion and war and extend our understanding of the dangers and complexities of today’s world.

Author Biography:

Irene Polinskaya is Reader in Ancient History in the Department of Classics, King’s College London, UK. Alan James is Reader in International History in the Department of War Studies, King’s College London, UK. Yannis Papadogiannakis is Senior Lecturer in Late Antique and Byzantine Studies in the Department of Theology and Religious Studies, King’s College London, UK.
Release date Australia
September 5th, 2024
Audience
  • Tertiary Education (US: College)
Contributors
  • Edited by Alan James
  • Edited by Irene Polinskaya
  • Edited by Yannis Papadogiannakis
Illustrations
3 bw illus
Pages
464
Dimensions
169x244x25
ISBN-13
9780567697783
Product ID
36576933

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