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Jenkins, Philip, 1952-
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World War, 1914-1918.
World War, 1914-1918 -- Religious aspects.
Nationalism -- Religious aspects -- History -- 20th century.
Messianism.
Eschatology.
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Jenkins, Philip, 1952-
World War, 1914-1918.
World War, 1914-1918 -- Religious aspects.
Nationalism -- Religious aspects -- History -- 20th century.
Messianism.
Eschatology.
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The
great
and
holy
war
:
how
World
War
I
became
a
religious
crusade
/ Philip Jenkins.
by
Jenkins, Philip, 1952-
HarperOne, 2014.
Call #:
940.31 J52g
Subjects
World
War
, 1914-1918.
World
War
, 1914-1918 --
Religious
aspects.
Nationalism --
Religious
aspects -- History -- 20th century.
Messianism.
Eschatology.
ISBN:
9780062105097 (hc.)
9780062105141 (pbk)
Edition:
1st ed.
Description:
vi, 438 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm.
Summary:
This work offers the first look at
how
religion created and prolonged the First
World
War
. At the one-hundredth anniversary of the outbreak of the
war
, the author, a historian reveals the powerful
religious
dimensions of this modern-day
crusade
, a period that marked a traumatic crisis for Western civilization, with effects that echoed throughout the rest of the twentieth century. The
war
was fought by the
world
's leading Christian nations, who presented the conflict as a
holy
war
. Thanks to the emergence of modern media, a steady stream of patriotic and militaristic rhetoric was given 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. The author reveals
how
the widespread belief in angels and apparitions, visions and the supernatural was a driving force throughout the
war
and shaped all three of the major religions, Christianity, Judaism and Islam, paving the way for modern views of religion and violence. The disappointed hopes and moral compromises that followed the
war
also shaped the political climate of the rest of the century, giving rise to such phenomena as Nazism, totalitarianism, and communism. Connecting numerous remarkable incidents and characters, from Karl Barth to Carl Jung, the Christmas Truce to the Armenian Genocide, the author creates a powerful and persuasive narrative that brings together global politics, history, and spiritual crisis and shows
how
religion informed and motivated circumstances on all sides of the
war
.
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