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A review by jenerick100
A History of God: The 4,000-Year Quest of Judaism, Christianity, and Islam by Karen Armstrong
4.0
This book is fascinating, but also an incredibly challenging read. I felt as though I absorbed about 15% of the total wisdom it contains.
In a nutshell, this book examines the history of God in the three monotheistic religions, Christianity, Islam and Judaism. It begins before the birth of Christ with a time of many Gods and examines how the belief in a single God developed. It then traces the development of these three religions through history and critically examines how perceptions of God changed due to the social influence and contemporary thinkers of the time. My favourite chapters were at the end - they included an examination of how God is perceived in modern times and a call to return to the original teachings of mercy and compassion and away from the exclusionary tendencies of fundamentalism in each of the religions.
In a nutshell, this book examines the history of God in the three monotheistic religions, Christianity, Islam and Judaism. It begins before the birth of Christ with a time of many Gods and examines how the belief in a single God developed. It then traces the development of these three religions through history and critically examines how perceptions of God changed due to the social influence and contemporary thinkers of the time. My favourite chapters were at the end - they included an examination of how God is perceived in modern times and a call to return to the original teachings of mercy and compassion and away from the exclusionary tendencies of fundamentalism in each of the religions.