Christian jihad : two former Muslims look at the Crusades and killing in the name of Christ / [print]
Two former Muslims look at the Crusades and killing in the name of Christ
by Ergun Mehmet Caner and Emir Fethi Caner.
- Grand Rapids, Michigan : Kregel Publications, (c)2004.
- 240 pages ; 22 cm.
We shed no blood but our own : the early church and warfare (A.D. 30/300) -- The thundering legion : how the slaughtered saints became sporadic soldiers (A.D. 150/325) -- The unholy marriage : when the church became a mistress (A.D. 476/1087) -- God wills it! : when Christ commanded a jihad (November 27, 1095/July 17, 1099) -- Sanctified slaughter : when the body of Christ became the army of God -- Pyrrhic victory : the disintegration of Crusades into defeat (1099/1291) -- Ask and you shall receive : the inquisitions of the Middle Ages -- Magisterial mayhem : when a state-run church leads to blood-filled streets -- Let the heathen worship! A struggle from within -- The call of the Crusaders : learning from history -- Appendix A : the just war criteria -- Appendix B : comparison of the speeches of Pope Urban II (1095) and Usamah bin Laden (1998).