Holy War, Martyrdom, and TerrorHoly War, Martyrdom, and Terror examines the ways that Christian theology has shaped centuries of conflict from the Jewish Roman War of late antiquity through the First Crusade, the French Revolution, and up to the Iraq War. By isolating one factor among the many forces that converge in warthe essential tenets of Christian theologyPhilippe Buc locates continuities in major episodes of violence perpetrated over the course of two millennia. Even in