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The History of God CD : The 4,000 Year Quest by Karen Keishin Armstrong (2004, Compact Disc, Abridged edition)

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Religion is "highly pragmatic," Armstrong finds. Any particular idea of God must work for the people who develop it.

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"Strange as it may seem, the idea of 'God' developed in a market economy in a spirit of aggressive capitalism," Karen Armstrong asserts in her fascinating work A History of God. Armstrong considers herself a "historian of ideas," and with this broad view she gives a compelling account of the correspondences among Judaism, Christianity, and Islam, and the historical, philosophical, intellectual, and social developments through the ages that both shaped them and were shaped by them. Religion is "highly pragmatic," Armstrong finds. Any particular idea of God must work for the people who develop it. Consequently, as the times have changed, so have our ideas about God. "Understanding the ever-changing ideas of God in the past and their relevance and usefulness in their time," she says, "will help us to develop a new concept for the future." Today an increasing number of people have difficulty with the idea of a God that behaves as a larger version of themselves. Armstrong sees this as inevitable, and welcomes believers to a notion of God that "works for us in the empirical age."

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Publisher
HarperCollins
ISBN-10
0060591854
ISBN-13
9780060591854
eBay Product ID (ePID)
5950392

Product Key Features

Book Title
History of God CD : the 4000 Year Quest
Author
Karen Keishin Armstrong
Format
Compact Disc
Language
English
Topic
General, History, Sociology of Religion
Publication Year
2004
Genre
Religion, Social Science

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5.8in
Item Height
0.8in
Item Width
5.2in
Item Weight
4.8 Oz

Additional Product Features

Edition Description
Abridged Edition
Dewey Decimal
291.2/11
Intended Audience
Trade
Dewey Edition
22

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by riverpacratDec 15, 2009
History of God Book by Karen Armstrong
This audio book was read by the author, the writer was well prepared and had great knowledge of the material, but her use of words is well above the average reader, I became bored with some sections of the book. I almost gave up after a couple CD's. She has done so much work with Islam that it covered Islam real well, but the other faiths seem to be in the back seat. She was well covered with Islam and Jewish religions. The book was average, but I gave it a Good rating due to the writer being so well prepared. I wasn't real impressed with it though.
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