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A history of God
Karen Armstrong
Non-Fiction / History
A history of God
by Karen Armstrong
—· 478 p· 1993
20th Century ClassicLiterary Canonphilosophicalreflective
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As soon as they became recognizably human, men and women - in their hunger to understand their own presence on earth and the mysteries within and around them - began to worship gods. Karen Armstrong's masterly and illuminating book explores the ways in which the idea and experience of God evolved among the monotheists - Jews, Christians and Muslims.
Weaving a multicolored fabric of historical, philosophical, intellectual and social developments and insights, Armstrong shows how, at various time…
Pages
478
Tandem Library
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4/5
Complex
Thematic complexity
5/5
Profound
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Historical Synthesis
10
Religious Philosophical Insight
10
Worldbuilding
8
Prose
8
Narration
8
Emotional depth
7
Pacing
6
Plot twists
2
My journey
My experience
private
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As soon as they became recognizably human, men and women - in their hunger to understand their own presence on earth and the mysteries within and around them - began to worship gods. Karen Armstrong's masterly and illuminating book explores the ways in which the idea and experience of God evolved among the monotheists - Jews, Christians and Muslims.
Weaving a multicolored fabric of historical, philosophical, intellectual and social developments and insights, Armstrong shows how, at various time…