Christianity

The Crescent and the Cross: Huntington’s Clash of Civilizations Twenty Years On

Syed Mansoob Murshed • Feb 13 2013 • Articles

Examining Huntington’s thesis over the past 20 years, Murshed argues conflict occurs primarily within rather than between states and that these conflicts never evolve in a socio-economic vacuum.

Judaisms, Christianities, Islams

Jacob Neusner • Jul 27 2011 • Articles

There is no single normative Islam, Christianity, or Judaism. All world religions encompass diverse components and we might as well come to grips with the internal diversity of religions. After generations of theological harmonization, we recognize the obvious and admit that there is no single Judaism, Christianity, or Islam, but only Judaisms, Christianities, Islams.

Religion and War in the Past and Future

Michael Horowitz • Dec 22 2008 • Articles

The recent attacks in India suggest that the specter of religiously-motivated violence is not just back on the global agenda, but will be part of international affairs for years to come. Given what appears to be a jump in religiously-motivated violence over the last several years, what can we learn from past instances of religiously-motivated warfare to help us understand the present and future?

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