How Christianity won the world

This article traces the ideology that allowed Christian civilization to conquer the world. It opens with a view of biblical "national" foundation myths, the Exodus and the Babylonian Exile, and shows how this ideology also allowed for ethnic cleansing, if not genocide, and how those played...

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Main Author: Lemche, Niels Peter 1945- (Author)
Format: Electronic/Print Article
Language:English
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Published: Taylor & Francis 2009
In: Scandinavian journal of the Old Testament
Year: 2009, Volume: 23, Issue: 1, Pages: 103-121
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Promised Land / Myth / Exclusivity / Christianity
IxTheo Classification:CA Christianity
HB Old Testament
Further subjects:B Church
B People of God
B Christianity
B Exclusivity
B Mission (international law
Online Access: Volltext (doi)