Tracing the history of faith from the Palaeolithic Age to the present, the author shows that meaning of words such as 'belief', 'faith', and 'mystery' has been entirely altered, so that atheists and theists alike now think and speak about God - and, indeed, reason itself - in a way that our ancestors would have found astonishing.
Tracing the history of faith from the Palaeolithic Age to the present, the author shows that meaning of words such as 'belief', 'faith', and 'mystery' has been entirely altered, so that atheists and theists alike now think and speak about God - and, indeed, reason itself - in a way that our ancestors would have found astonishing.
Karen Armstrong is one of the world's leading commentators on religious affairs. She spent seven years as a Roman Catholic nun but left her teaching order in 1969 to read English at St Anne's College, Oxford. In 1982, she became a full-time writer and broadcaster. She is the author of sixteen books and has been awarded with honours and prizes across the globe, including the British Academy's inaugural Nayef Al-Rodhan Prize for improving transcultural understanding in 2013.
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Introduction
Part I The Unknown God (30,000 BCE to 1500 CE) One Homo religiosus Two God Three Reason Four Faith Five Silence Six Faith and Reason
Part II The Modern God (1500 CE to the Present) Seven Science and Religion Eight Scientific Religion Nine Enlightenment Ten Atheism Eleven Unknowing Twelve Death of God? Epilogue
Acknowledgments Notes Glossary Selected Bibliography Index
Part I The Unknown God (30,000 BCE to 1500 CE) One Homo religiosus Two God Three Reason Four Faith Five Silence Six Faith and Reason
Part II The Modern God (1500 CE to the Present) Seven Science and Religion Eight Scientific Religion Nine Enlightenment Ten Atheism Eleven Unknowing Twelve Death of God? Epilogue
Acknowledgments Notes Glossary Selected Bibliography Index
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