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The Great Transformation

Karen Armstrong

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Now available in paperback: The Great Transformation is nothing less than a global account of the time when religion was born.'A remarkable history... fascinating and highly readable... profoundly relevant.' Julie Wheelwright, Independent

The centuries between 800 and 300 BC saw an explosion of new religious concepts. Their emergence is second only to man's harnessing of fire in fundamentally transforming our understanding of what it is to be human. But why did Socrates, Buddha, Confucius, Jeremiah, Lao Tzu and others all emerge in this five-hundred-year span? And why do they have such similar ideas about humanity?In The Great Transformation, Karen Armstrong examines this phenomenal period and the connections between this disparate group of philosophers, mystics and theologians.

Format:
Paperback / softback
Pages:
496
Publisher:
Atlantic Books
ISBN:
9781843540564
Published Date:
8/3/2007
Dimensions:
198mm x 129mm x 35mm
Weight:
423g
Category:
General & world history

RRP: £14.99

Format: Paperback / softback

ISBN: 9781843540564


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