ebooks Anti-Catholicism in Arkansas: How Politicians; the Press; the Klan; and Religious Leaders Imagined an Enemy; 1910–1960 by Kenneth C. Barnes in History

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From false idols and graven images to the tombs of kings and the shrines of capitalism; the targeted destruction of cities; sacred sites and artefacts for religious; political or nationalistic reasons is central to our cultural legacy. This book examines the different traditions of image-breaking in Christianity and Islam as well as their development into nominally secular movements and paints a vivid; scholarly picture of a culture of destruction encompassing Protestantism; Wahhabism; and Nationalism. Beginning with a comparative account of Calvinist Geneva and Wahhabi Mecca; The Politics of Iconoclasm explores the religious and political agendas behind acts of image-breaking and their relation to nationhood and state-building. From sixteenth-century Geneva to urban developments in Mecca today; The Politics of Iconoclasm explores the history of image-breaking; the culture of violence and its paradoxical roots in the desire for renewal. Examining these dynamics of nationhood; technology; destruction and memory; a historical journey is described in which the temple is razed and replaced by the machine.