出版社:Ballantine Books
出版日期:1994-8
ISBN:9780345384560
作者:Karen Armstrong
页数:496页
作者简介
"An admirable and impressive work of synthesis that will give insight and satisfaction to thousands of lay readers."
THE WASHINGTON POST BOOK WORLD
In this stunningly intelligent book, Karen Armstrong, one of Britain's foremost commentators on religious affairs, traces the history of how men and women have perceived and experienced God, from the time of Abraham to the present. From classical philsophy and medieval mysticism to the Reformation, the Enlightenment, and the modern age of skepticism, Karen Armstrong performs the near miracle of distilling the intellectual history of monotheism into one superbly readable volume, destined to take its place as a classic.
书籍目录
Maps
Introduction
1. In the Beginning .
2. One God
3. A Light to the Gentiles
4. Trinity: The Christian God
5. Unity: The God of lslam
6. The God of the Philosophers
7. The God of the Mystics
8. A God for Reformers
9. Enlightenment
10. The Death of God?
11. Does God Have a Future?
Glossary
Notes
Suggestions for Further Reading
Index
内容概要
Karen Armstrong is one of the world's leading commentators on
religious affairs. She spent seven years as a Roman Catholic nun in
the 1960s, but then 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 a best-selling author of over 15
books. An accomplished writer and passionate campaigner for
religious liberty, Armstrong has addressed members of the United
States Congress and the Senate and has participated in the World
Economic Forum.