Antisemitism in Christian History

That Christianity has a legacy of antisemitism is undeniable. That Christianity, and in particular the Catholic Church, has a legacy of suppression of dissent and unorthodox ideas is also undeniable. What is interesting, however, are the ways in which both of these legacies are not only related, but are in fact dependent upon each other. By ranging over the entire history of Christianity and the Roman Catholic Church, James Carroll describes how the Church has worked to preserve power both through the suppression of internal (unorthodox) dissent and external (Jewish) dissent.

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