Beginning with the son of a Jewish carpenter, the religion was spread around the world first by Jesus's disciples, then by emperors, kings, and missionaries. Through crusades, conquests ...

Valhalla Risingblends a mystical air of Norse mythology with a story of religion and persecution set during the Crusades. Mikkelsen stars as One-Eye, a mute warrior with formidable strength who ...

He said Americans of any religion are welcome in a “righteous crusade for human freedom,” though he often fuses Christian and American identity. “We Christians — alongside our Jewish ...

Christians took control of significant religious sites such as the Al-Aqsa ... Richard wrote to Saladin during the Third Crusade, expressing his ‘sincere desire for peace and an end to this ...

For others the Revolution became something of a religious crusade. Jonathan Mayhew, the pastor of the West Church in Boston, gave moral sanction to the war by preaching that opposition to a tyrant ...

As well as re-examining the traditional territory of the political, economic, and religious aspects of the Crusades, The Crusades: The War for the Holy Lands (London: Simon & Schuster, 2010), a ...