The lost art of Scripture rescuing the sacred texts
"Today the Quran is used by some to justify war and acts of terrorism, the Torah to deny Palestinians the right to live in the Land of Israel, and the Bible to condemn homosexuality and contraception. The significance of Scripture--the holy texts at the centre of all religious traditions--may n...
| Main Author: | Armstrong, Karen, 1944- (Author) |
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| Format: | Books Print Book |
| Language: | English |
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New York :
Alfred A. Knopf,
2019.
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Table of Contents:
- Part one: Cosmos and society
- Israel: remembering in order to belong
- India: sound and silence
- China: rites first, spirits second
- Part two: Mythos
- New story; new self
- Empathy
- Unknowing
- Canon
- Midrash
- Embodiment
- Recitation and Intentio
- Ineffability
- Part three: Logos
- Sola Scriptura
- Sola Ratio
- Post-Scripture.