And Islam have shaped and altered the conception of God is a tour de force One of Britain's foremost commentators on religious affairs Armstrong traces the history of how men and women have perceived and experienced God from the time of Abraham t.
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ePUB A History of God The 4000 Year uest of Judaism è non fiction books.co è history download, 4000 mobile, year book, uest book, judaism kindle, christianity kindle, islam book, A History pdf, of God epub, of God The 4000 epub, History of God mobile, History of God The 4000 pdf, A History of God The 4000 Year uest of Judaism Christianity and Islam EpubThis is at once a very simple and a very complex book Simple in its argument complex in the array of detail marshalled to tell Armstrong's storyHer view it seemed to me was firstly that monotheism was wide spread well beyond the limits of Judaism Christianity and Islam but that there was always a tension between two basic ideas within that belief across all these religions On the one hand a faith in an objective reality of something like an old man with a beard out there somewhere who was generally keen on smiting people on the other hand a subjective individual striving within oneself that can lead to a sense of the numinous The mystical experience of God has certain characteristics that are common to all faiths p259 She approves of the latter while disliking the former whose finest or worst examples depending on your point of
ePUB A History of God The 4000 Year uest of Judaism è non fiction books.co è history download, 4000 mobile, year book, uest book, judaism kindle, christianity kindle, islam book, A History pdf, of God epub, of God The 4000 epub, History of God mobile, History of God The 4000 pdf, A History of God The 4000 Year uest of Judaism Christianity and Islam EpubThis is one of those books that make me feel woefully deficient in a certain subject Having never taken a comparative religion class and in fact bordering on an antiestablishment stance when it comes to organized religion I can only conclude that this book was not the place to start The first couple of chapters which reviewed mankinds evolution from a polythesim to the monothesims of Judiasm Christianity and Islam were interesting and for me blessedly linear and understandable From there things rapidly deteriorated as Armstrong ran throu
ePUB A History of God The 4000 Year uest of Judaism è non fiction books.co è history download, 4000 mobile, year book, uest book, judaism kindle, christianity kindle, islam book, A History pdf, of God epub, of God The 4000 epub, History of God mobile, History of God The 4000 pdf, A History of God The 4000 Year uest of Judaism Christianity and Islam EpubIf I could give a book six stars I would give them to this book I feel like I learned something new on nearly every page This book is truly a history book on a grand scale It reminds me of the type of history Will Durrant wrote where he would take a period of time and write extensively about all the facets of history within that time Armstrong on the other hand takes just one facet of history and writes extensively about it over a long 4000 year period of time Reading it has allowed me to see patterns and connections in history that I never considered before I know I will continue to think upon what she said and use it as I try to make sense of the worldAnd to make it even better I learned recently that Karen Armstrong was a winner of the 2008 TED prize I highly recommend her talk where she makes her wish I highly recommend all the TED prize winners' talks
ePUB A History of God The 4000 Year uest of Judaism è non fiction books.co è history download, 4000 mobile, year book, uest book, judaism kindle, christianity kindle, islam book, A History pdf, of God epub, of God The 4000 epub, History of God mobile, History of God The 4000 pdf, A History of God The 4000 Year uest of Judaism Christianity and Islam EpubThe Tendencies of ReligionsA facebook conversationStarted with this post with the following Ambedkar uote The Hindus criticise the Mahomedans for having spread their religion by the use of the sword They also ridicule Christianity on the score of the InuisitionBut really speaking who is better and worthy of our respect—the Mahomedans and Christians who attempted to thrust down the throats of unwilling persons what they regarded as necessary for their salvation or the Hindu who would not spread the light who would endeavour to keep others in darkness who would not consent to share his intellectual and social inheritance with those who are ready and willing to make it a part of their own make up?I have no hesitation in saying that if the Mahomedan has b
ePUB A History of God The 4000 Year uest of Judaism è non fiction books.co è history download, 4000 mobile, year book, uest book, judaism kindle, christianity kindle, islam book, A History pdf, of God epub, of God The 4000 epub, History of God mobile, History of God The 4000 pdf, A History of God The 4000 Year uest of Judaism Christianity and Islam EpubKaren Armstrong is a former Catholic nun and studied at Oxford Her book The Spiral Staircase is a good description of the struggles that led to her leaving the convent There have been several good books written on the historic Jesus Christ but very few on the historic God As other reviewers have noted this is a somewhat scholarly book which it would have to be if one wanted to thoughtfully trace back man’s evolving beliefs on God And yes over a sweep of 4000 years evolving is clearly the correct wordIf you apply the same tools to the study of history of God that one would apply to the study of history of anything over 4000 years you will see it through the lens of different periods of time Perhaps somewhat unfortunately for religion and for God we are
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