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After the terrorist attacks of 9/11, those in London and Madrid, and the arrest of the “Toronto 18,” Canadians have changed how they think about terrorism a
Sacred Violence
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Pages: 378
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Type: BOOK - Published: 2009-01-01 - Publisher: University of Toronto Press

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In Sacred Violence, Jill N. Claster brings new insight and focus to the history of the crusades. The book includes an 8-page color insert of illustrations, 12 m
The Ambivalence of the Sacred
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Sacred Violence
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In Sacred Violence, the distinguished political and legal theorist Paul W. Kahn investigates the reasons for the resort to violence characteristic of premodern