Holy War (disambiguation)

A holy war is a religious war primarily caused or justified by differences in religion. Metaphorically, also conflicts other than wars, including:

Sports

• Holy War (Boston College vs. Notre Dame), a football rivalry between Boston College and Notre Dame
• Holy War (Utah vs. BYU), between Brigham Young University and the University of Utah
• Holy War (Villanova vs. St. Joe's), the Philadelphia Big 5 basketball rivalry game between Villanova University and Saint Joseph's University
• Holy War (Kraków), a traditional rivalry between Kraków's two major football clubs, Cracovia and Wisła

Transportation

• Holy War (locomotive) - a steam locomotive on the Bala Lake Railway in Wales.

Popular Culture

• "Holy Wars... The Punishment Due", a song written by Megadeth on their 1990 album Rust in Peace.
• "Svyaschennaya Voyna" (The Sacred War), a song written on the day after the Nazi invasion of the USSR
• The Holy War, a 1682 novel by John Bunyan
• Holy Wars (film), 2010 documentary film
• Seisen no Keifu Genealogy of the Holy War a Fire Emblem videogame
• Holy War (album), the second album released by the power metal band Dragonland
• Holy War, Batman!
• Holy War, Inc., a 2001 book by CNN investigative journalist and documentarian Peter Bergen

See also

• Sacred War (disambiguation), name of several religiously motivated wars in ancient Greece
• Software wars, sometimes called holy wars