The case for God / Karen Armstrong.
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TextPublication details: New York : Knopf, 2009. Edition: 1st edDescription: xviii, 406 p. ; 25 cmISBN: 9780307269188 (hardcover); 0307269183 (hardcover)Subject(s): God -- History of doctrines | Religious life -- History | God (Christianity) -- History of doctrines | Christian life -- History | ApologeticsLOC classification: BL473 | .A76 2009Summary: 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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Includes bibliographical references (p. [379]-390) and index.
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.