Crusades And The Theology Of Holy Violence: A Comparative Study Of Christian And Islamic Martyrdom: A Scholarly View

By Rickbed Nandi, Jon Neuman, Jose Christen

A Note to Readers
This book invites readers into the fraught and often unsettling terrain of holy violence-where faith meets fear, and where martyrdom is claimed as both glory and grief. It is a comparative study that seeks neither to harmonize nor to condemn, but to understand.
In exploring Christian and Islamic traditions side by side, the aim is not to flatten difference but to illuminate the internal coherence and historical contingency of each. The chapters trace theological arguments, poetic expressions, legal constructions, and collective memories that gave meaning to suffering, justified war, and sanctified death.
You will find in this book martyrdom as theology, as identity, as politics, and as liturgy. The sources quoted are not mere artifacts; they are declarations of belief, at times dangerous, at times sublime.
Whether you come to this study as a historian, theologian, believer, skeptic, or seeker, may it provoke deeper thought, more complex questions, and above all, a respectful reckoning with the enduring power of sacred ideals.
This is not a book of final answers-it is a map of entangled traditions, where every turn into the past gestures toward our present condition.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B0FHWZQGFX
• ISBN13: 9798292855309
• Release Date: July 2025
• Publisher: Independently Published
• Length: 244 Pages
• Weight: 0.73 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.0" x 9.0"