Article: Holy war; history of an idea.(Brief article)(Book review)

Article: God of Battles: Holy Wars of Christianity and Islam / The ...
Interpretation;  October 1, 1999 ;     700+ words ... ... 16.95. ISBN 0-69100235-5. The Holy War Idea in Western and Islamic Traditions ... PARTNER WRITE IN comparative fashion about holy war with several of the same concerns in mind. Both know, for instance, that the holy war traditions of the Crusader era may no ...

Article: The Holy War in Western and Islamic ...
The Historian;  June 22, 1999 ;     700+ words ...The Holy War in Western and Islamic Traditions. By James Turner ... differences between Christian and Islamic concepts of holy war. Until the seventeenth century, when the Western idea of holy war fell into disuse, both held that religious wars ...

Article: The Holy War Idea in Western and Islamic ...
American Political Science Review;  June 1, 1998 ;     700+ words ... ... of Christian and Islamic conceptions of holy war from antiquity to the present. Johnson ... several different meanings of the idea. A holy war may not mean a specific call to arms ... according to the prophet Muhammad). Holy war can also mean a war fought by God himself ...

Article: The Holy War Idea in Western and Islamic ...
Perspectives on Political Science;  June 22, 1998 ;     700+ words ...Johnson, James Turner The Holy War Idea in Western and Islamic Traditions ... Christian and Islamic theology on the issue of holy war. He opens by aligning himself with the ... religiously rooted cultural spheres. Holy war, Johnson argues, largely evaporated ...

Article: Silence In The Face Of Evil: 'Holy war' against ...
The Jewish Week;  October 12, 2001 ;     700+ words ... ... 2001 Silence In The Face Of Evil: `Holy war' against America and Jews meets with ... religion scholars are calling the first holy war declared against it, some are concerned ... challenging the declaration of jihad, or holy war, against "America and Jews" by Islamic ...

Article: BOOK REVIEW: Bergen's 'Holy War Inc.' provides ...
University Wire;  January 29, 2002 ;     700+ words ... ... general and Osama bin Laden in particular, Holy War, Inc.: Inside the Secret World of Osama ... printed too swiftly to retain credibility. Holy War, Inc. surpasses the competition due ... the most extreme, retrograde reading of holy war. He explores a number of meaty topics ...

Article: `HOLY WAR' EXPLORES BIN LADEN
The Boston Globe;  November 17, 2001 ;     617 words ... ... at 8 on MSNBC) with the airing of "Holy War, Inc." a "National Geographic Explorer ... Laden four years ago and is author of "Holy War, Inc.: Inside the Secret World of Osama ... whether they can learn anything new from "Holy War, Inc." Judging from a preview tape ...