Constantine's sword : the church and the Jews, a history : Carroll, James, 1943- : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive

xii, 756 pages ; 21 cm

In this "rare book that combines searing passion . . . with a subject that has affected all of our lives" ("Chicago Tribune"), novelist and cultural critic James Carroll maps the 2,000-year course of the Church's battle against Judaism and faces the crisis of faith it has sparked in his own life as a Catholic

Includes bibliographical references (pages 696-719) and index

The cross at Auschwitz -- New Testament origins of Jew hatred -- Constantine, Augustine, and the Jews -- From Crusades to conversionism -- The Inquisition: enter racism -- Emancipation, revolution, and a new fear of Jews -- The church and Hitler -- A call for Vatican III