Why does God exist? How have the three dominant monotheistic religions—Judaism, Christianity, and Islam—shaped and altered the conception of God? How have these religions influenced each other? 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…
Buku ini menguraikan pernak-pernik perdebatan filosofis dan mistis seputar ketuhanan dalam ketiga agama monoteis-Yahudi, Kristen, Islam-lalu masuk ke dalam perbincangan tentang kelahiran fundamentalisme dan gerakan pembaruan agama, serta pengaruh sains dan teknologi terhadap melemahnya peran agama yang menumbuhkan bibit sekularisme dan ateisme di dalam masyarakat modern.
Armstrong unfolds a complex story of spiritual upheavel and political transformation from King David's capital to an administrative outpost of the Roman Empire, from the cosmopolitan city sanctified by Christ to the spiritual center conquered and glorified by the Muslims, from the gleaming prize of European Crusaders to the bullet-ridden symbol of the present day Arab Israeli conflict. Written …