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Philip Jenkins Biography

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Philip Jenkins, born on April 3, 1952, is a renowned professor. He has made significant contributions to the fields of history and religious studies.

Philip Jenkins, born on April 3, 1952, is a renowned professor. He has made significant contributions to the fields of history and religious studies.

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“In most cases, obviously, soldiers fought because a government drafted them and gave them a rifle. At every point too, we see the role of nationalistic sentiment, commercial rivalries, and simple greed. But can we ever separate out such motives from the religious? Was that not also true of the medieval crusades?”

Government Religious Simple Roles Cases Greed Soldier Motive Sentiments Medieval Rivalry Rifles Crusades Nationalistic

Author:Philip Jenkins

“Religion appears in so many contexts in WW1. Religion shaped the national identities and ambitions of several of the key players, especially Germany and Russia, both of which defined themselves as messianic nations. In both countries too, secular elites delved deeply into apocalyptic and prophetic ideas, giving their nations a millenarian bent.”

Giving Ideas Country Nations Player Identity Keys Ambition Russia Defined Germany Elites Secular Bent Apocalyptic Prophetic National Identity

Author:Philip Jenkins

“When the war started, religion and superstition (whatever the difference is) permeated the lives of ordinary soldiers, who lived in a thought world not too far removed from the seventeenth century.”

World War Differences Century Ordinary Soldier Superstitions

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“The typical WW1 soldier was not an intellectual like Ernst Jünger or Wilfred Owen, but was a peasant draftee from Galicia or Bavaria or Sicily, with all the traditional religious ideas. The hothouse atmosphere of war brought everyone into a supernatural-oriented universe of ghosts and apparitions.”

Ideas War Universe Religious Intellectual Soldier Ghost Traditional Atmosphere Typical Peasants Apparitions

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“It is also amazing to find just how religious and occult-minded some of the leading political and military players of the war were, from von Moltke and Ludendorff to Brusilov and J F C Fuller. Each, in his way, was deeply involved in what we would today call the occult, spiritualism, and visionary religion.”

Way War Today Political Religious Player Military Involved Visionaries Occult Spiritualism

Author:Philip Jenkins

“Famine, plague, death and war... that's a pretty good description of 1917-18. The war was meant to end quickly, but by 1917 it seemed to be set until the end of time. No wonder everyone dreamed of an apocalyptic intervention.”

War Ends Wonder Description End Times Plague Intervention Famine Apocalyptic

Author:Philip Jenkins

“Apocalyptic expectations ran riot in 1917, and had a major influence on Allied policies towards Palestine and the Jewish people. The propaganda of all nations was amazingly religious and apocalyptic - ghosts and visions, crucifixions and sacrifice, crusaders and holy warriors.”

People Nations Religious Vision Sacrifice Influence Policy Holy Majors Expectations Ghost Warrior Propaganda Ran Palestine Riot Apocalyptic Crucifixion

Author:Philip Jenkins

“. If you believe that your nation is divinely ordained to rule Europe, and you must struggle to establish its supremacy, is that a religious doctrine or a nationalist one? In Germany especially, the whole super-nationalist ideology of the post-1871 empire is heavily imbued with religious teaching, chiefly Lutheran, and frankly viewing the new empire as the germ of the kingdom of God on Earth.”

Ifs Believe Whole Earth Nations Religious Struggle Teaching Europe Kingdoms Doctrine Ideology Posts Germany Empires Kingdom Of God If You Believe Germs Supremacy Lutherans

Author:Philip Jenkins

“Just because many modern academics are very secular does not mean that we should ignore those factors in earlier generations - and by that, I don't just mean five or six centuries ago.”

Should Mean Doe Five Generations Modern Century Six Factors Secular

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“Much to my surprise, the Islamic scriptures in the Quran were actually far less bloody and less violent than those in the Bible.”

Surprise Scripture Violent Islamic Bloody Quran

Author:Philip Jenkins

About the Author

Born: April 3, 1952
Known for: Professor
Quotes: 10

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