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The case for 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 l...

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Main Author: Armstrong, Karen, 1944-
Format: Books Print Book
Language: English
Published: New York : Knopf, 2009.
Edition: 1st ed.
Subjects:
God > History of doctrines.
Religious life > History.
God (Christianity) > History of doctrines.
Christian life > History.
Apologetics.
Online Access: Go to Downloadable eBook Here.
Summary: 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.
Physical Description: xviii, 406 p. ; 25 cm.
Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references (p. [379]-390) and index.
ISBN: 9780307269188 (hardcover)
0307269183 (hardcover)
Author Notes: Karen Armstrong is one of the foremost commentators on religious affairs in both Britain and the United States. She spent seven years as a Roman Catholic nun and received a degree at Oxford University.

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