The Case for God - Karen Armstrong

Category: Adults, History, Spiritual & Religious
Language: English
Keywords: deities World Cultures

Written by Karen Armstrong
Read by Karen Armstrong
Format: MP3
Bitrate: 64 Kbps
Unabridged

Publisher: Books on Tape
Release date: September 22, 2009
Duration: 16:49:46

Moving from the Paleolithic age to the present, Karen Armstrong details the great lengths to which humankind has gone in order to experience a sacred reality that it called by many names, such as God, Brahman, Nirvana, Allah, or Dao. Focusing especially on Christianity but including Judaism, Islam, Buddhism, Hinduism, and Chinese spiritualities, Armstrong examines the diminished impulse toward religion in our own time, when a significant number of people either want nothing to do with God or question the efficacy of faith. Why has God become unbelievable? Why is it that atheists and theists alike now think and speak about God in a way that veers so profoundly from the thinking of our ancestors?

Answering these questions with the same depth of knowledge and profound insight that have marked all her acclaimed books,

“…Armstrong’s polished and precise British voice seems quintessentially right–ringing with the gravitas of academia yet textured with her palpable curiosity about the many ways we’ve chosen to express belief in God. As always, Armstrong’s genuine compassion for how all religions struggle with faith shines through. Ultimately hopeful, Armstrong’ s well-reasoned plea for the practical discipline of religion makes this lengthy journey worthwhile.”—-AudioFile