The Great Transformation: The Beginning of Our Religious Traditions
- ISBN-10
- 0385721242
- ISBN-13
- 9780385721240
- Series
- The Great Transformation
- Category
- History
- Pages
- 565
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2007
- Publisher
- Anchor
- Author
- Karen Armstrong
Description
Examines the origins of the religious traditions of the world during the ninth century B.C.E. in four distinct regions--Confucianism and Daoism in China, Hinduism and Buddhism in India, monotheism in Israel, and philosophical rationalism in Greece.
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- 2006-03-28
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