The case for God /
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 l...
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Format: | Book |
Language: | English |
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New York :
Knopf,
2009
New York : 2009 |
Edition: | 1st ed |
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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 |
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Item Description: | This WorldCat-derived record is shareable under Open Data Commons ODC-BY, with attribution to OCLC |
Physical Description: | xviii, 406 p. ; 25 cm xviii, 406 pages ; 25 cm |
Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (p. [379]-390) and index Includes bibliographical references (pages [379]-390) and index |
ISBN: | 0307269183 (hardcover) 0307269183 0307397432 (bound) 9780307269188 (hardcover) 9780307269188 9780307397430 (bound) |