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In their Encyclopedia of Wars, authorsCharles Phillips and Alan Axelrodattempt a comprehensive listing of wars in history. They document 1763 wars overall, of which 123 (7%) have been classified to involve a religious conflict.
[3] William T. Cavanaugh in his
Myth of Religious Violence (2009) argues that what is termed "religious wars" is a largely "Western dichotomy", arguing that all wars that are classed as "religious" have secular (economic or political) ramifications.
[4] Similar opinions were expressed as early as the 1760s, during the
Seven Years' War, widely recognized to be "religious" in motivation, noting that the warring factions were not necessarily split along confessional lines as much as along secular interests.
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