A History of God by Karen Armstrong (Paperback, 1999)

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She spent seven years as a Roman Catholic nun in the 1960s, but then left her teaching order in 1969 to read English at St Anne's College, Oxford.

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The bestselling and seminal work from one of our foremost commentators on religion. The idea of a single devine being - God, Yahweh, Allah - has existed for over 4,000 years. But the history of God is also the history of human struggle. While Judaism, Islam and Christianity proclaim the goodness of God, organised religion has too often been the catalyst for violence and ineradicable prejudice. In this fascinating, extensive and original account of the evolution of belief, Karen Armstrong examines Western society's unerring fidelity to this idea of One God and the many conflicting convictions it engenders. A controversial, extraordinary story of worship and war, A History of God confronts the most fundamental fact - or fiction - of our lives.

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PublisherVintage Publishing
ISBN-139780099273677
eBay Product ID (ePID)91508015

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Publication Year1999
TopicNature, Relations
Book TitleA History of God
Number of Pages560 Pages
LanguageEnglish
AuthorKaren Armstrong
FormatPaperback

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Item Height198 mm
Item Weight405 g
Item Width129 mm

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Country/Region of ManufactureUnited Kingdom
Title_AuthorKaren Armstrong

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  • Is Anybody There?

    Whilst I'm not too convinced by religion I've always been interested by the history of it. It seems that people have always wanted 'a God' to look up to and this book looks at it from that point of view. A thought provoking book..

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  • A History of God

    Interesting and well written. Very in-depth but easy to read

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