{"product_id":"faith-and-sword-alan-g-jamieson-9781780236728","title":"Faith and Sword: A Short History of Christian-Muslim Conflict, Second Expanded Edition","description":"With the recent surge in terrorist acts and military confrontations, as well as ever-strengthening fundamentalist ideologies, the Christian-Muslim divide is perhaps more visible than ever--but it is not new. Alan G. Jamieson explores here the long and bloody history of the Christian-Muslim conflict, revealing in his concise yet comprehensive study how deeply this ancient divide is interwoven with crucial events in world history. \u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eFaith and Sword\u003c\/i\u003e opens with the tumultuous first centuries of the conflict, examining the religious precepts that framed clashes between Christians and Muslims and that ultimately fueled the legendary Crusades. Traversing the full breadth of the Arab lands and Christendom, Jamieson chronicles the turbulent saga from the Arab conquests of the seventh century to the rise of the powerful Ottoman Empire and its fall at the end of World War I. He then explores the complex dynamics that emerged later in the twentieth century, as Christendom was transformed into the secular West and Islamic nations overthrew European colonialism to establish governments straddling modernity and religiosity. \u003cbr\u003e From the 1979 Iranian revolution to the Lebanon hostage crisis to--in this new expanded edition--the recent wars in Syria, Iraq, and Afghanistan, \u003ci\u003eFaith and Sword\u003c\/i\u003e reveals the essence of this enduring struggle and its consequences. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Alan G. Jamieson\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1780236727\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781780236728\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Reaktion Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/15\/2016\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 320\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.75lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.40h x 5.40w x 0.90d","brand":"Alan G. Jamieson","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":46962199232767,"sku":"9781780236728","price":19.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_0ce69867-e954-4201-b899-73f60e5b78e7.jpg?v=1750649628","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/faith-and-sword-alan-g-jamieson-9781780236728","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}