The case for God

Armstrong, Karen 1944- (Author).

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.

Record details

ISBN: 9780307272928
ISBN: 0307272923
ISBN: 9780307372956
ISBN: 0307372952
ISBN: 9780307269188
ISBN: 0307269183
ISBN: 9780307397430 (bound)
ISBN: 0307397432 (bound)
Physical Description: electronic resource
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1 online resource (xviii, 406 p.)
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2009.

Content descriptions

General Note:	B002OTKEOW (Amazon Standard Identification Number (ASIN)).
Bibliography, etc. Note:	Includes bibliographical references.
Formatted Contents Note:	pt. 1 THE UNKNOWN GOD (30,000 BCE to 1500 CE): Homo religiosus -- God -- Reason -- Faith -- Silence -- Faith and reason -- pt. 2 THE MODERN GOD (1500 CE to the present): Science and religion -- Scientific religion -- Enlightenment -- Atheism -- Unknowing -- Death of God?
Restrictions on Access Note:	Restrictions unspecified
Reproduction Note:	Electronic reproduction. [S.l.] : HathiTrust Digital Library, 2011.
System Details Note:	Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212
Action Note:	digitized 2011 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve
Source of Description Note:	Description based on print version record.