A History of God: The 4,000-Year Quest of Judaism, Christianity and Islam

"An admirable and impressive work of synthesis that will give insight and satisfaction to thousands of lay readers."
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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.
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Posted: Oct-17-2009

This is now available on DVD and I recommend that over the audiobook

A History of God might be a masterpiece or it might just be a classic. I think everybody would benefit from reading/listening/viewing this work. I've both listened to the book and seen the documentary and I believe the documentary is far superior.The main lesson of this work is that God...

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Posted: Oct-09-2009

Superb, with crucial omissions

In a 400-page book covering 4000 years of western religion, you just can't cover everything. Karen Armstrong does a fabulous job of presenting various schools of religious interpretation - God of the Philosophers, God of the Mystics, etc., showing not only how complex religion is, but also how...

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Posted: Aug-07-2009

Historian? Or creative manipulator

This book is okay for a broad view of how religions developed; the problem comes when you focus in on the details. If you are detailed oriented, then I hope you really know your religious history because if not, you will not be aware of her inclination to misrepresent, omit crucial facts, and...

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Posted: Jul-28-2009

Never Stop Searching!

A History of God: The 4,000-Year Quest of Judaism, Christianity and Islam by Karen Armstrong is a book that believes the definition of God has been changed many times and altered throughout the ages. The author believes that the three great religions Christianity, Judaism and Islam have...

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Posted: Jun-08-2009

hISTORY OF GOD

FULL OF DETAILED HISTORICAL INFORMATION. SHOULD BE READ AS IF IT IS A TEXT BOOK OR PERHAPS AN ACADEMIC PAPER FOR SCHOLARS. DOUBTFUL THE AVERAGE AMERICAN READER CAN DIGEST ALL THIS SCHOLARLY WRITTEN INFORMATION. CAN BE USED AS A REFERENCE BOOK IF THE AVERAGE READER, AS I AM, CAN MUDDLE THROUGH...

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Posted: Nov-03-2008

unenlightened

While Ms Armstrong is very well researched on Christian and Moslem beliefs and customs, her understanding of Judaism was not as strong and it was quite apparent in my read thru. Ms Armstrong presents an out dated view of Judaism with a revengeful and jealous G-d. She would be best served by...

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Posted: Oct-31-2008

Temple, Sepulchre, Ka'aba

Writing a single book on a topic so vast and clotted with controversy, it was never going to be possible to please everyone. For some this book is too dry and scholarly, for others it isn't nearly scholarly enough. But no fulltime scholar would touch such an ambitious, border-crossing project:...

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Posted: Oct-12-2008

A true work of scholarship

This scholarly book traces the cultural and philosophical evolution of the human conception of God surrounding the 3 major monotheistic faiths. Armstrong explains the common lineage, the similarities and the variance of the conceptual understandings of God that shape people's lives...for better...

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Posted: Jun-17-2008

typical populist work

"A History of God" by Karen Armstrong Armstrong is the author of "popular" histories. Her work evidences a consistent Cartesian Affliction, typical of New Age authorship such as Gary Zukav's "Seat of the Soul" or popular atheistic publications. This work reflects the author's...

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Posted: Jun-17-2008

Obscure scholarship.

/"A History of God" by Karen Armstrong The omissions and distortions of this author's other work, "The Battle for God" made me skeptical of this book also. If Karen Armstrong titles a book "A History of God," you can be sure that GOD, in any normative manner of understanding, is not...

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