Jerusalem, Jerusalem : How the Ancient City Ignited Our Modern World

Author(s): James Carroll

Religion

James Carroll tells the richly layered story of the city of Jerusalem and its extraordinary impact on human history and contemporary conflict. He shows how the seemingly never-ending conflicts within this city that is holy to Muslims, Christians, and Jews underscore an important point of history: religion and violence fuel each other. Daily life in Jerusalem is a microcosm of division and dispute, rivalry and tribalism as a myriad of groups and belief systems are pitted against each other: ultra-Orthodox Jews and secular Jews; Israelis and Palestinians; Jews and Arabs; Muslims and Christians; Hamas jihadists and Fatah bureaucrats; Russian immigrant Israelis and native-born Israelis; Latin Catholics and Greek Orthodox; and, overall, modernity and tradition. Jerusalem, Jerusalem is essential reading for anyone who wants to understand the current disharmony of modern-day Jerusalem and its historical underpinnings.

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James Carroll is the author of Constantine's Sword, and won the 1996 National Book Award for his memoir An American Requiem. His ten novels include the bestsellers Prince of Peace and Mortal Friends.

General Fields

  • : 9781921844324
  • : Scribe Publications
  • : Scribe Publications
  • : September 2011
  • : 230mm X 152mm
  • : Australia
  • : October 2011
  • : books

Special Fields

  • : James Carroll
  • : Paperback
  • : 1
  • : 956.94
  • : 464