A History of God: The 4,000-Year Quest of Judaism, Christianity and Islam
- ISBN-10
- 0517174677
- ISBN-13
- 9780517174678
- Series
- A History of God
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1997-04-22
- Author
- Karen Armstrong
Description
"An admirable and impressive work of synthesis that will give insight and satisfaction to thousands of lay readers." THE WASHINGTON POST BOOK WORLD In this stunningly intelligent book, Karen Armstrong, one of Britain's foremost commentators on religious affairs, traces the history of how men and women have perceived and experienced God, from the time of Abraham to the present. From classical philsophy and medieval mysticism to the Reformation, the Enlightenment, and the modern age of skepticism, Karen Armstrong performs the near miracle of distilling the intellectual history of monotheism into one superbly readable volume, destined to take its place as a classic.
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