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Just Wars, Holy Wars, and Jihads - Christian, Jewish, and Muslim Encounters and Exchanges (Hardcover, New)
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Just Wars, Holy Wars, and Jihads - Christian, Jewish, and Muslim Encounters and Exchanges (Hardcover, New)
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Just Wars, Holy Wars, and Jihads explores the development of ideas
of morally justified or legitimate war in Western and Islamic
civilizations. Historically, these ideas have been grouped under
three labels: just war, holy war, and jihad. A large body of
literature exists exploring the development of just war and holy
war concepts in the West and of jihad in Islam. Yet, to date, no
book has investigated in depth the historical interaction between
Western notions of just or holy war and Muslim definitions of
jihad. This book is a major contribution to the comparative study
of the ethics of war and peace in the West and Islam. Its twenty
chapters explore two broad questions: 1. What historical evidence
exists that Christian and Jewish writers on just war and holy war
and Muslim writers on jihad knew of the other tradition? 2. What is
the evidence in treatises, chronicles, speeches, ballads, and other
historical records, or in practice, that either tradition
influenced the other? The book surveys the period from the rise of
Islam in the early seventh century to the present day. Part One
surveys the impact of the early Islamic conquests upon Byzantine,
Syriac, and Muslim thinking on justified war. Part Two probes
developments during the Crusades. Part Three focuses on the early
modern period in Europe and the Ottoman Empire, followed by
analysis of the era of European imperialism in Part Four. Part Five
brings the discussion into the present period, with chapters
analyzing the impact of international law and terrorism on
conceptions of just war and jihad.
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