The case for God /
Armstrong, Karen, 1944-
The case for God / Karen Armstrong. - New York : Knopf, 2009. - xviii, 406 p. ; 25 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [379]-390) and index.
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 (500 CE to the present) -- Science and religion -- Scientific religion -- Enlightenment -- Atheism -- Unknowing -- Death of God?-- Epilogue.
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.
9780307269188
2009014044
God--History of doctrines.
Religious life--History.
God (Christianity)--History of doctrines.
Christian life--History.
Apologetics.
Vida cristiana.
Vida religiosa.
Dios.
Dios (Historia de las doctrinas)
Religiones.
BL 473 / A736c 2009
212.4
The case for God / Karen Armstrong. - New York : Knopf, 2009. - xviii, 406 p. ; 25 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [379]-390) and index.
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 (500 CE to the present) -- Science and religion -- Scientific religion -- Enlightenment -- Atheism -- Unknowing -- Death of God?-- Epilogue.
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.
9780307269188
2009014044
God--History of doctrines.
Religious life--History.
God (Christianity)--History of doctrines.
Christian life--History.
Apologetics.
Vida cristiana.
Vida religiosa.
Dios.
Dios (Historia de las doctrinas)
Religiones.
BL 473 / A736c 2009
212.4