The Great Transformation: Beginning of Our Religious Traditions
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NATIONAL BESTSELLER An extraordinary investigation of a critical moment in the evolution of religious thoughtfrom the New York Times bestselling author of A History of God and The Spiral StaircaseA splendid book.... Lucid, highly readable.... Relevant to a world still embroiled in military conflict and sectarian hatreds. The New York TimesIn the ninth century BCE, events in four regions of the civilized world led to the rise of religious traditions that have endured to the present daydevelopment of Confucianism and Daoism in China, Hinduism and Buddhism in India, monotheism in Israel, and philosophical rationalism in Greece. Armstrong, one of our most prominent religious scholars, examines how these traditions began in response to the violence of their time. Studying figures as diverse as the Buddha and Socrates, Confucius and Jeremiah, Armstrong reveals how these still enduring philosophies can help address our contemporary problems.
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NATIONAL BESTSELLER An extraordinary investigation of a critical moment in the evolution of religious thoughtfrom the New York Times bestselling author of A History of God and The Spiral StaircaseA splendid book.... Lucid, highly readable.... Relevant to a world still embroiled in military conflict and sectarian hatreds. The New York TimesIn the ninth century BCE, events in four regions of the civilized world led to the rise of religious traditions that have endured to the present daydevelopment of Confucianism and Daoism in China, Hinduism and Buddhism in India, monotheism in Israel, and philosophical rationalism in Greece. Armstrong, one of our most prominent religious scholars, examines how these traditions began in response to the violence of their time. Studying figures as diverse as the Buddha and Socrates, Confucius and Jeremiah, Armstrong reveals how these still enduring philosophies can help address our contemporary problems.
FnacKaren Armstrong (Auteur) - Verschenen op 01/04/2007 bij Anchor Books
AmazonPages: 592, Edition: Annotated, Paperback, Anchor
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