"An admirable and impressive work of synthesis that will give insight and satisfaction to thousands of lay readers."
THE WASHINGTON POST BOOK WORLD
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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凯伦• 阿姆斯特朗(Karen Armstrong),曾在修道院修行七年之久,后到牛津大学学习并获得博士学位。她是英国最具盛名的宗教评论家之一,著作包括《佛陀》《轴心时代》《穿越窄门》《初创世界》《圣战》《默罕默德》等。
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她置放了三大一神教关于“神”的所有的重要资料,从巴比伦到迦南,从以色列到耶稣时代,然后穆罕默德登场,加上希腊哲学、佛教、印度教、神秘主义以及当代存在主义等资料,使三大一神教之神观有了极宽广的幅度。读她书的人,惊叹加赞叹,佩服她超人的毅力和智力,因她
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