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From the internationally bestselling author of Zealot comes a fascinating, provocative and meticulously researched history of humanity's relationship with the divine. THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER In God, Reza Aslan sheds new light on mankind's relationship with the divine and challenges our perspective on the history of faith and the birth of religion. From the origins of spiritual thought to the concept of an active, engaged, divine presence that underlies all creation, Aslan examines how the idea of god arose in human evolution, was gradually personalized, endowed with human traits and emotions, and eventually transformed into a single Divine Personality- the God known today by such names as Yahweh, Father, and Allah. Bold, wide-ranging and provocative, God challenges everything we thought we knew about the origins of religious belief, and with it our relationship with life and death, with the natural and spiritual worlds, and our understanding of the very essence of human existence.

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PublisherTransworld LTD

ISBN-139780552174992

eBay Product ID (ePID)19046702040

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Number of Pages320 Pages

Publication NameGod: a Human History

LanguageEnglish

SubjectHistory

Publication Year2018

TypeTextbook

AuthorReza Aslan

FormatPaperback

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Item Height198 mm

Item Weight252 g

Item Width127 mm

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Country/Region of ManufactureUnited Kingdom

Title_AuthorReza Aslan

TopicNature, Religious History

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by garbarne3
18 Oct, 2021
Explains WHY humans worship and how we got where we are
The author is Reza Aslan, and he is no relation to the lion, as far as I know :-D This is one of a few books Reza Aslan has written about religion, and I recommend it. Let’s be clear: this is not an evangelical book. He is not trying to push one religion over another; what he is doing is tracing the history of worship and asking pertinent questions – and answering most of them. He addresses such issues as, Why did humans begin to worship? What did they worship at what stages in history? How did the concept of religion begin, and how did it develop? What are the differences between different types of religions? … and more. He examines ancient peoples and the beginnings of religious thought, the soul, and the myriad types of worship: animism, pantheism, monotheism and several more. He looks in more depth at the development of Judaism, Christianity and Islam, although he does not go into such depth concerning the Eastern religions, e.g. Taoism, Buddhism, Hinduism, etc., hence four stars instead of five. Aslan teases apart the Bible, and explains the contradictions that have always puzzled Christians, and the spectacular rise of Islam as ‘the new kid on the block’. I am not a believer but I found this book fascinating, and it made me want to look deeper at religious themes. No-one should be offended by this book, it is a historical, almost scientific examination, and also examines how politics and power have also affected belief or, at least, official religious writings. To me it proves that no religious person should ever harm another just because they don’t believe the same things.
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