Edition |
First edition. |
Description |
xviii, 406 pages ; 25 cm |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages [379]-390) and index. |
Contents |
PT. 1 THE UNKNOWN GOD (30,000 BCE to 1500 CE): Homo religiosus -- God -- Reason -- Faith -- Silence -- Faith and reason -- PT. 2 THE MODERN GOD (1500 CD to the present): Science and religion -- Scientific religion -- Enlightenment -- Atheism -- Unknowing -- Death of God? |
Summary |
Moving from the Paleolithic age to the present, Karen Armstrong details the great lengths to which humankind has gone in order to experience a sacred reality. While noting that the changing face of the world has necessarily changed the importance of religion at both the societal and the individual level, she makes a powerful, convincing argument for drawing on the insights of the past in order to build a faith that speaks to the needs of our dangerously polarized age. |
Subject |
God -- History of doctrines.
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Religious life -- History.
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God (Christianity) -- History of doctrines.
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Christian life -- History.
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Apologetics.
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ISBN |
9780307269188 hardcover |
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0307269183 hardcover |
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