Militant Christianity : An anthropological history

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Militant Christianity : An anthropological history

Title remainder

An anthropological history

Statement of responsibility

Alice Beck Kehoe

Creator

• Kehoe, Alice Beck, 1934-
• Kehoe, Alice Beck, 1934-

Subject

• Church history
• War -- Religious aspects | Christianity

Language

eng

Summary

A powerful chronicle of the astounding persistence of Indo-European glorification of battle, morphed into today's militant Christian Right. The book is written as a lively chronicle making clear the astounding power of the ancient cultural tradition embedding our language, and the real battle we face to contain this 'Christian' jihad.

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• Online access with purchase: Palgrave Connect (Media & Culture Collection)

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UK-WkNB

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

index present

Literary form

non fiction

Summary expansion

Militant Christianity has an extensive history, tracing from Indo-European conquests in the Bronze Age, four thousand years ago, to the AD 312 victory of the ruthless Roman emperor Constantine, and beyond. Indo-Europeans' ethos of war as the natural human condition and glorifying battle persisted through the Protestant Reformation, colonization of America, capitalist industrialization and today's 'marketing era' promoting competition. The book is written as a lively chronicle making clear the astounding power of the ancient cultural tradition embedding our language, and the real battle we face to contain this 'Christian' jihad