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A History of God: The 4000-Year Quest of Judaism, Christianity and Islam
(Hardcover, 1993)
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Author: Karen Armstrong
This erudite and thought-provoking book is an excellent introduction to three major religious faiths...
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Format: Hardcover
ISBN-10: 0679426000
ISBN-13: 9780679426004
Oct 1993
Publisher: Random House Inc
460 pages
Language: English |
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Synopsis
This erudite and thought-provoking book is an excellent introduction to three major religious faiths--Judaism, Christianity, and Islam--and their differing views of God, as well as the way these views have shaped the world. Karen Armstrong's personal history includes time spent as a nun in her homeland of England; this fact makes her comparative religious study resonate with a passion that testifies to her own quest for understanding. Far from being a dry, academic tome, A HISTORY OF GOD is written in a lucid conversational style that engages readers and takes them on a ride through humanity's often convoluted relationship with the divine. Armstrong's basic idea is that successful religions and sects have always relied on effectiveness and pragmatism rather than philosophy or historical tradition. This is key to her theory that, while the major religions are in sharp contrast to each other in ritual and practice, they collaborate in their mystical traditions--traditions, she asserts, that have developed from an abstract, collective unconscious that does not rely on symbols and liturgy. A HISTORY OF GOD is a fascinating book that reverently questions the existence of God while championing the existence of the soul.
| Size | | Length: | 460 pages | | Height: | 9.5 in | | Width: | 6.8 in | | Thickness: | 1.8 in | | Weight: | 31.2 oz |
Industry Reviews
"The most fascinating and learned study of the biggest wild goose chase in history....Karen Armstrong is a genius."
A. N. Wilson
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