Constantine's Sword: The Church and the Jews--A History -- James Carroll, Paperback

A bold and moving book tracing the two-thousand-year course of the Church's battle against Judaism by National Book Award-winning author James Carroll.

More than a chronicle of religion, this dark history is the central tragedy of Western civilization. The Church's failure to protest the Holocaust--the infamous "silence" of Pius XII--is only part of the story: the death camps, Carroll shows, are the culmination of a long, entrenched tradition of anti-Judaism. 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 Jews but with itself. Constantine's Sword is a brave and affecting reckoning with difficult truths that will touch every reader.

Author: James Carroll
Publisher: Harper Paperbacks
Published: 04/01/2002
Pages: 768
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 1.65lbs
Size: 8.20h x 5.50w x 1.30d
ISBN: 9780618219087

Review Citation(s):
New York Times 03/31/2002 pg. 20