The Great Transformation: The Beginning of Our Religious Traditions

From Karen Armstrong, the bestselling author of A History of God and The Spiral Staircase, comes this extraordinary investigation of a critical moment in the evolution of religious thought.

In the ninth century BCE, events in four regions of the civilized world led to the rise of religious traditions that have endured to the present day--the development of Confucianism and Daoism in China, Hinduism and Buddhism in India, monotheism in Israel, and philosophical rationalism in Greece. Armstrong, one of our most prominent religious scholars, examines how these traditions began in response to the violence of their time. Studying figures as diverse as the Buddha and Socrates, Confucius and Jeremiah, Armstrong reveals how these still enduring philosophies can help address our contemporary problems. more

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5/5: From: Amazon; Posted: Oct-20-2009; awesome book; lotta insight into religion all over the world. if you are interested in finding a meaning for your life or just trying to understand how religion started and where it was originated then this book is a perfect book for ya. i've read...; read full review | report as inappropriate

5/5: From: Amazon; Posted: Oct-09-2009; she's good; i'm only halfway through it but have enjoyed it thus far Karen Armstrong definitely knows the subject matter if you liked other books by her you'll like this one methinks; read full review | report as inappropriate

5/5: From: Amazon; Posted: Jul-09-2009; Fascinating reading how our religions were formed; It's daunting to think about having to read 500+ pages, but once I got started, the book held my interest, and I keep going back to it to continue reading... It's so fascinating, the juxtaposition of the different religions and the...; read full review | report as inappropriate

5/5: From: Amazon; Posted: May-03-2009; Super; Great Transformation is a super book, not for casual readers who would get little from it due to its denseness. It is the overview of the religious history of the human race. Without deriding religion, Karen Armstrong shows its...; read full review | report as inappropriate

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5/5: From: Amazon; Posted: Oct-20-2009; awesome book; lotta insight into religion all over the world. if you are interested in finding a meaning for your life or just trying to understand how religion started and where it was originated then this book is a perfect book for ya. i've read...; read full review | report as inappropriate

3/5: From: Amazon; Posted: Dec-16-2006; Challenging and Insightful...; This type of book requires a sizeable committment of time and thought. Armstrong undertakes an ambitious goal of surveying the origins of religion in different parts of the world that coalesced into the Axial Age.The structure and...; read full review | report as inappropriate

1/5: From: Amazon; Posted: Jun-15-2008; The Great Bifurcation: Man vs the Mob; "The position men have given to Jesus is a position of authority. It characterizes themselves. It cannot alter the eternal facts. Great is the soul, and plain. It is no flatterer, it is no follower; it never appeals from itself. It...; read full review | report as inappropriate