The Great Transformation: The Beginning of Our Religious Traditions

Armstrong, Karen

ISBN 10: 0375413170 / ISBN 13: 9780375413179

Verlag: Alfred A. Knopf / Random House, 2006

Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers mon0000083203

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The critically acclaimed, best-selling author of A History of God examines the origins and history of the religious traditions of the world during the ninth century B.C.E. Axial Age in four distinct regions of the world--Confucianism and Daoism in China, Hinduism and Buddhism in India, monotheism in Israel, and philosophical rationalism in Greece. 100,000 first printing.

Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor: Karen Armstrong is the author of numerous other books on religious affairs, including A History of God, The Battle for God, Holy War, Islam, and Buddha. Her work has been translated into forty languages, and she is the author of three television documentaries. Since September 11, 2001, she has been a frequent contributor to conferences, panels, newspapers, periodicals, and other media on both sides of the Atlantic on the subject of Islam. She lives in London.

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Titel: The Great Transformation: The Beginning of ...
Verlag: Alfred A. Knopf / Random House
Erscheinungsdatum: 2006
Einband: hardcover
Zustand: Good