Great and Holy War How World War I Became a Religious Crusade

Name: Great and Holy War How World War I Became a Religious Crusade
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ISBN: 9780062105097

ISBN-10: 0062105094

ISBN-13: 9780062105097

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Authors: Philip Jenkins

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On the centennial of the outbreak of World War I, historian and religious expert Philip Jenkins delivers a groundbreaking and controversial look at the hidden religious motivations that sparked the conflict and reveals how it reshaped religion for the next century.The Great and Holy War presents a new theory of religious change—mirroring the biological theory of punctuated equilibrium in which long periods of stability are interrupted by a sudden, cataclysmic event—showing how the years of the First World War, 1914-1918, constituted a worldwide spiritual revolution that created the world’s religious map as we know it today.Throughout history, secular disasters—wars and natural…

Book details

List price: $29.99
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
Publication date: 4/29/2014
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 448
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 1.37" tall
Weight: 1.584
Language: English

Philip Jenkins is professor of history and religious studies at Pennsylvania State University. His many books include Pedophiles and Priests: Anatomy of a Social Crisis.