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The Bible: A Biography (Books That Changed the World)
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I love this book! Speaking as an avid, lay-person, at-home student of Western Religion, I have never read a book with as much scholarly detail.
BUT - it is NOT a primer. The average reader will want to have some kind of background in biblical studies already - Bart Ehrman, Pagels, et al - including some idea of the cultural anthropology of the ... »
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The Great Transformation: The Beginning of Our Religious Traditions
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Extremely well-written record of the Axial ages, of the Axial people and the Axial spirituality. This book traces the history of the Aryans, the vedic people in India; the Greeks and their times; the Jews and their spirituality and rituals; the Chinese people and their history. This book is the precursor of Karen Armstrong's book "The history of God".
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Islam: A Short History (Modern Library Chronicles)
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The picture of Islam as a violent, backward, and insular tradition should be laid to rest, says Karen Armstrong, bestselling author of Muhammad and A History of God. Delving deep into Islamic history, Armstrong sketches the arc of a story that begins with the stirring of revelation in an Arab businessman named Muhammad. His concern wit... »
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The Battle for God
About 40 years ago popular opinion assumed that religion would become a weaker force and people would certainly become less zealous as the world became mo... »
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Muhammad: A Biography of the Prophet
Karen Armstrong writes an incredibly accurate portrayal of the life of the Prophet accept without 75% of his life. Muhammad had a life where the entire la... »
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Buddha
Books on Buddhism may overflow the shelves, but the life story of the Buddha himself has remained obscure despite over 2,500 years of influence on million... »
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