Good God! Please, not an un-holy war
A true story about the elephant who aided inter-faith diplomacy. A novel on culture wars
A Christian and a Muslim play chess in this painting from the Middle Ages. Public Domain
This Week Those Books is chock-full of crucial context — from fiction and non-fiction — to the shouty, doomscroll news cycle.
The Big Story:
Easter and Passover overlap as the US-Israel war on Iran rages and religious symbols and scripture are harnessed for and against a military campaign that is metastasizing into a broader conflict.
Is it becoming an un-holy war?
Pope Leo said on Palm Sunday (March 29) that Jesus could not be used to justify war and God ignores the prayers of leaders who have “hands full of blood”.
This Week’s Books:
- Christians and Muslims were engaged in diplomacy back in the 9th century.
- The last Islam Quintet novel on the clash of cultures.
Click to read on about the books and the back story
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