具体描述
In this masterful, stylish, and authoritative book, Michael Burleigh gives us an epic history of the battles over religion in modern Europe, examining the complex and often lethal ways in which politics and religion have interacted and influenced each other over the last two centuries. From the French Revolution to the totalitarian movements of the twentieth century, Earthly Powers is a uniquely powerful portrait of one of the great tensions of modern history—one that continues to be played out on the world stage today.
作者简介
Michael Burleigh is the author of "The Third Reich", winner of the Samuel Johnson Prize for Nonfiction. He has taught history at Oxford, Stanford, Rutgers, and Washington and Lee universities. Burleigh is a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society and a frequent contributor to "The Sunday Times" and "The Sunday Telegraph. He lives in London.
目录信息
Introduction
— Age of reason, age of faith
— The Church and the revolution
— Puritans thinking they are Spartans run amok in eighteenth-century Paris
— The alliance of throne and altar in Restoration Europe
— Chosen peoples : political messianism and nationalism
— Century of faiths
— New Men and sacred violence in late-nineteenth-century Russia
— Rendering unto Caesar : church versus state, state versus church
— The churches and industrial society
— Apocalypse 1914
Notes
Select Bibliography
Picture Credits
Index
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