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Constantine's Sword: The Church and the Jews: A History (2001) is a book by James Carroll, a former priest, which documents the role of the Roman Catholic Church in the long European history of religious antisemitism as a precursor to racial antisemitism.
- James Carroll
- 2001
Apr 1, 2002 · From Gospel accounts of the death of Jesus on the cross, to Constantine’s transformation of the cross into a sword, to the rise of blood libels, scapegoating, and modern anti-Semitism, Carroll reconstructs the dramatic story of the Church’s conflict not only with Judaism but with itself.
- James Carroll
- $12.49
- Mariner Books
James Carroll's Constantine's Sword, or Constantine's Sword, is a 2007 premised documentary film on the relationship between the Catholic Church and Jews. Directed and produced by Oscar-nominated filmmaker Oren Jacoby, the film is inspired by former priest James P. Carroll's 2001 book Constantine's Sword.
Jan 10, 2001 · Novelist, cultural critic & former priest James Carroll marries history with memoir as he maps the 2000-year course of the Church’s battle against Judaism & faces the crisis of faith it has sparked in his own life.
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- Paperback
A film adaptation of the book by James Carroll, a former priest and author, who explores the dark side of Christianity and its role in religious hatred. The film features Liev Schreiber, Philip Bosco, Natasha Richardson and Eli Wallach, and updates the book's analysis to include 9/11 and the Iraq war.
From Gospel accounts of the death of Jesus on the cross, to Constantine's transformation of the cross into a sword, to the rise of blood libels, scapegoating, and modern anti-Semitism, Carroll...
A best-selling book and a documentary that explore the dark history of anti-Judaism in Christianity and its consequences for the Holocaust and the modern world. Carroll, a former priest and a memoirist, traces the Church's conflict with Jews and itself from the Gospels to the present.
