Karen Armstrong

Broschiertes Buch

The Case for God

What religion really means

Beschreibung

Tracing the history of faith from the Palaeolithic Age to the present, the author shows that meaning of words such as 'belief', 'faith', and 'mystery' has been entirely altered, so that atheists and theists alike now think and speak about God - and, indeed, reason itself - in a way that our ancestors would have found astonishing.

Autor

Karen Armstrong is one of the world's leading commentators on religious affairs. She spent seven years as a Roman Catholic nun but left her teaching order in 1969 to read English at St Anne's College, Oxford. In 1982, she became a full-time writer and broadcaster. She is the author of sixteen books and has been awarded with honours and prizes across the globe, including the British Academy's inaugural Nayef Al-Rodhan Prize for improving transcultural understanding in 2013.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Random House UK / Vintage, London
• Artikelnr. des Verlages: 613675
• Seitenzahl: 384
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Juli 2010
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 195mm x 130mm x 30mm
• Gewicht: 272g
• ISBN-13: 9780099524038
• ISBN-10: 0099524031
• Artikelnr.: 28995335

Rezensionen

One of our best living writers on religion...prodigiously sourced, passionately written Financial Times