The Case for God
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PT. 1 THE UNKNOWN GOD (30,000 BCE to 1500 CE): Homo religiosus -- God -- Reason -- Faith -- Silence -- Faith and reason -- PT. 2 THE MODERN GOD (1500 CD to the present): Science and religion -- Scientific religion -- Enlightenment -- Atheism -- Unknowing -- Death of God?
Moving from the Paleolithic age to the present, Karen Armstrong details the great lengths to which humankind has gone in order to experience a sacred reality. While noting that the changing face of the world has necessarily changed the importance of religion at both the societal and the individual level, she makes a powerful, convincing argument for drawing on the insights of the past in order to build a faith that speaks to the needs of our dangerously polarized age.
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PUBLISHED
New York : Knopf, 2009.
Year Published: 2009
Description: xviii, 406 p. ; 25 cm.
Language: English
Format: Book
ISBN/STANDARD NUMBER
9780307269188
0307269183
SUBJECTS
God -- History of doctrines.
Religious life -- History.
God (Christianity) -- History of doctrines.
Christian life -- History.
Apologetics.