Wars of religion

George Wilkes

doi:10.1002/9781118455074

Wars of religion

George Wilkes

School of Divinity

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This article presents the historical connections between religious warfare and
empire. It first examines contextual factors which frame the changing
relationship between the two. Secondly, it presents divergent maximalist and
minimalist historiographies focused on arguments about the role of religion in
causing the wars which affected imperial histories across the ages, giving careful
attention to the challenges presented by minimalists who dismiss religion as a
cause of these wars. Finally, it describes developments in the role of religion in
the conduct of wars, from ancient to contemporary times, exploring the political
and social factors which have led recent trends in imperial histories which again
emphasise religious warfare.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	The Encyclopedia of Empire
Editors	John M. McKenzie
Place of Publication	Oxford
Publisher	Wiley-Blackwell
ISBN (Electronic)	9781118455074
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1002/9781118455074
Publication status	Published - 2016

Keywords / Materials (for Non-textual outputs)

Religion
war
crusades
jihad
missionaries
secular
ancient
Axial
classical
medieval
early modern
Wars of Religion
Sacred Wars
holy war
Greece
Rome
Christian
Muslim
Byzantine
American
Cold War
Asia
Africa
Latin America
Europe
Near East
Reformation
Counter-Reformation

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