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Religion on the battlefield

This book focuses on the everyday practice of religion in a military context: the prayers, rituals, fasts, and feasts of the religious practitioners who make up the bulk of the adversaries in, bystanders to, and observers of armed conflicts. To show that religious practices have influenced battlefie...

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Main Author: Hassner, Ron E. (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Ithaca, N.Y. Cornell University Press 2016
Subjects:
War > Religious aspects.
Soldiers > Religious life.
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Call Number :BL 65.W2 .H37 2016

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