88. Was the Church Totally Wrong in the Crusades?

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Andy speaks with high school senior Morgan Lunsford about the Church’s involvement in the Crusades.

Does the Church need to get off its high horse when addressing Islamic invasions, Islamic terrorism, and the many Islamic nations that treat women far from equal because of the Church’s involvement in the Crusades?

What are the Crusades? Why did they start? Were there any good reasons that the Church was involved in the Crusades? Why does the Church get such a bad wrap about the Crusades? Did leaders in the Church condemn any of the evil actions done by members of their side during the time of the Crusades, or only centuries later?

Links and Book References by Morgan

Mohamed and Charlemagne Revisited: The History of a Controversy (book)

Seven Myths of the Crusades (book)

https://www.politicalislam.com/jihad-vs-crusades/ Bill Warner PhD

The Islamic Doctrine of Christians and Jews (book)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Tours#Historical_and_macrohistorical_views

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexios_I_Komnenos#Byzantine-Seljuq_Wars_and_the_First_Crusade

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Early_Muslim_conquests

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jizya

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siege_of_Constantinople_%28717%E2%80%93718%29

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antioch

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pope_Innocent_III