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Constantine's Sword: The Church and the Jews -- A History

In this "rare book that combines searing passion . . . with a subject that has affected all of our lives" (Chicago Tribune), the novelist and cultural critic James Carroll maps the two-thousand-year course of the Church"s battle against Judaism and faces the crisis of faith it has sparked in his own life as a Catholic. "Fascinating, brave and sometimes infuriating" (Time), this dark history is more than a chronicle of religion. It is the central tragedy of Western civilization, its fault lines reaching deep into our culture. Drawing on his well-known talents as a storyteller and memoirist, Carroll has created "a deeply felt work, a book that measures the "sweep of history" against [his] experience as a man of the church" (San Francisco Chronicle). A courageous and affecting reckoning with difficult truths that will touch every reader, "CONSTANTINE'S SWORD is a history written to change the way people live" (Talk).  more

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4/5
From: Amazon
Posted: Jul-21-2009
A Fine Read

While this is a well-written and revelatory history of the Catholics and Jews, with a heavy dose of mea-culpa from the erstwhile but still-faithful priest who researched and wrote it, there is a lens that all devout Christians see...

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5/5
From: Amazon
Posted: Jul-15-2009
An important book

First of all there is no such thing as an impartial historian. One of the things I liked about this book is that he tells you exactly where he is coming from.Second I think it is important because I think that many Christians are...

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1/5
From: Amazon
Posted: Jul-12-2009
Constantine's Sword

This is not a review since I never received the book that I ordered on6/9 and was suppose to get it by at least 7/1...even though you said I didn't ordered it on 6/9 when I inquired about it recently, so I just yesterday REORDERED it...I...

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4/5
From: Amazon
Posted: Mar-16-2009
A Personal History

Contantine the Great was the Roman emperor that embraced Christianity in the 4th century and gave this religion the necessary means to propagate itself throughout the Roman Empire and become, over time, the world's largest religion. The...

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4/5
From: Amazon
Posted: Jul-21-2009
A Fine Read

While this is a well-written and revelatory history of the Catholics and Jews, with a heavy dose of mea-culpa from the erstwhile but still-faithful priest who researched and wrote it, there is a lens that all devout Christians see...

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3/5
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Posted: Sep-25-2006
Tedious and overstated

The only reason I gave Mr. Carroll's book three stars is his bio on Constantine. This however was too short. His ramblings about his childhood and straying off the path just made the book hard to read. Yes, the Catholic chruch has the...

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1/5
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Posted: Jul-12-2009
Constantine's Sword

This is not a review since I never received the book that I ordered on6/9 and was suppose to get it by at least 7/1...even though you said I didn't ordered it on 6/9 when I inquired about it recently, so I just yesterday REORDERED it...I...

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