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Sacred violence is not yet ancient history – beating it will take human action, not divine intervention

  • Written by Michael A. Vargas, Professor of History, State University of New York at New Paltz
imagePope Urban II giving marching orders ahead of the First Crusade.Fine Art Images/Heritage Images/Getty Images

Along with their swastikas borrowed from Nazi Germany, white supremacists marching in the U.S. and elsewhere have in recent years displayed crosses embellished with the Latin phrase “Deus Vult” – “God wills it.”...

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