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Unbranded
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Does not apply
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ISBN
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9780385721240
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Book Title
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Great Transformation : the Beginning of Our Religious Traditions
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Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
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7.9 in
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Publication Year
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2007
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Trade Paperback
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Language
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English
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Illustrator
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Yes
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1 in
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Genre
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Religion, Philosophy, History
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Ancient / General, Comparative Religion, History & Surveys / Ancient & Classical, World, History
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14.6 Oz
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5.2 in
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Number of Pages
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592 Pages
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Product Identifiers
Publisher
Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
ISBN-10
0385721242
ISBN-13
9780385721240
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56977440
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Book Title
Great Transformation : the Beginning of Our Religious Traditions
Number of Pages
592 Pages
Language
English
Topic
Ancient / General, Comparative Religion, History & Surveys / Ancient & Classical, World, History
Publication Year
2007
Illustrator
Yes
Genre
Religion, Philosophy, History
Format
Trade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height
1 in
Item Weight
14.6 Oz
Item Length
7.9 in
Item Width
5.2 in
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“A splendid book. . . . Lucid, highly readable. . . . Relevan[t] to a world still embroiled in military conflict and sectarian hatreds.” – The New York Times “Masterful. . . . Stimulating. . . . A tour de force.” – The Christian Science Monitor ” The Great Transformation is Armstrong at her besttranslating and distilling complex history into lucid prose. . . . Her call to rededicate our religious selves to compassion, other-directed love and service is downright rousing.” – The Washington Post “Remarkable and persuasive.” – The Independent “Perhaps her most ambitious work to date. . . . Thoroughly researched and readable.” – The San Francisco Chronicle, “The Great Transformationcan serve the needs of new readers interested in a popular work that synthesizes scholarship. . . . [U]seful to anyone seeking an integral sense of world religions.” -The Globe and Mail Praise for Karen Armstrong: “Karen Armstrong is a genius.” -A. N. Wilson, author ofJesus: A Life “Armstrong is a lucid writer with a knack for synthesizing vast quantities of research.” -The Globe and Mail “Armstrong’s writing continues to offer a religious mirror and a cultural vision.” -Amazon.com “Armstrong has a dazzling ability: she can take a long and complex subject and reduce it to the fundamentals, without oversimplifying.” -The Sunday Times From the Hardcover edition., “A splendid book. . . . Lucid, highly readable. . . . Relevan[t] to a world still embroiled in military conflict and sectarian hatreds.” — The New York Times “Masterful. . . . Stimulating. . . . A tour de force.”– The Christian Science Monitor ” The Great Transformation is Armstrong at her best–translating and distilling complex history into lucid prose. . . . Her call to rededicate our religious selves to compassion, other-directed love and service is downright rousing.” — The Washington Post “Remarkable and persuasive.” — The Independent “Perhaps her most ambitious work to date. . . . Thoroughly researched and readable.” — The San Francisco Chronicle, ” The Great Transformation can serve the needs of new readers interested in a popular work that synthesizes scholarship. . . . [U]seful to anyone seeking an integral sense of world religions.” — “The Globe and Mail” Praise for Karen Armstrong: ” Karen Armstrong is a genius.” — A. N. Wilson, author of Jesus: A Life ” Armstrong is a lucid writer with a knack for synthesizing vast quantities of research.” — “The Globe and Mail” ” Armstrong’s writing continues to offer a religious mirror and a cultural vision.” — Amazon.com ” Armstrong has a dazzling ability: she can take a long and complex subject and reduce it to the fundamentals, without oversimplifying.” — “The Sunday Times” “From the Hardcover edition.”, “A splendid book. . . . Lucid, highly readable. . . . Relevant to a world still embroiled in military conflict and sectarian hatreds.” — The New York Times “Masterful. . . . Stimulating. . . . A tour de force.”– The Christian Science Monitor ” The Great Transformation is Armstrong at her best–translating and distilling complex history into lucid prose. . . . Her call to rededicate our religious selves to compassion, other-directed love and service is downright rousing.” — The Washington Post “Remarkable and persuasive.” — The Independent “Perhaps her most ambitious work to date. . . . Thoroughly researched and readable.” — The San Francisco Chronicle, ” A splendid book. . . . Lucid, highly readable. . . . Relevan[t] to a world still embroiled in military conflict and sectarian hatreds.” — “The New York Times” ” Masterful. . . . Stimulating. . . . A tour de force.” — “The Christian Science Monitor” ” “The Great Transformation” is Armstrong at her best- translating and distilling complex history into lucid prose. . . . Her call to rededicate our religious selves to compassion, other-directed love and service is downright rousing.” — “The Washington Post” ” Remarkable and persuasive.” — “The Independent” ” Perhaps her most ambitious work to date. . . . Thoroughly researched and readable.” — “The San Francisco Chronicle”, “A splendid book. . . . Lucid, highly readable. . . . Relevan[t] to a world still embroiled in military conflict and sectarian hatreds.” -The New York Times “Masterful. . . . Stimulating. . . . A tour de force.” -The Christian Science Monitor “The Great Transformationis Armstrong at her besttranslating and distilling complex history into lucid prose. . . . Her call to rededicate our religious selves to compassion, other-directed love and service is downright rousing.” -The Washington Post “Remarkable and persuasive.” -The Independent “Perhaps her most ambitious work to date. . . . Thoroughly researched and readable.” -The San Francisco Chronicle, “The Great Transformation can serve the needs of new readers interested in a popular work that synthesizes scholarship. . . . [U]seful to anyone seeking an integral sense of world religions.” –“The Globe and Mail” Praise for Karen Armstrong: “Karen Armstrong is a genius.” –A. N. Wilson, author of Jesus: A Life “Armstrong is a lucid writer with a knack for synthesizing vast quantities of research.” –“The Globe and Mail” “Armstrong’s writing continues to offer a religious mirror and a cultural vision.” –Amazon.com “Armstrong has a dazzling ability: she can take a long and complex subject and reduce it to the fundamentals, without oversimplifying.” –“The Sunday Times” “From the Hardcover edition.”, “A splendid book. . . . Lucid, highly readable. . . . RelevanÝt¨ to a world still embroiled in military conflict and sectarian hatreds.” –“The New York Times” “Masterful. . . . Stimulating. . . . A tour de force.” –“The Christian Science Monitor” “”The Great Transformation” is Armstrong at her best-translating and distilling complex history into lucid prose. . . . Her call to rededicate our religious selves to compassion, other-directed love and service is downright rousing.” –“The Washington Post” “Remarkable and persuasive.” –“The Independent” “Perhaps her most ambitious work to date. . . . Thoroughly researched and readable.” –“The San Francisco Chronicle”, Praise for Karen Armstrong: “Karen Armstrong is a genius.” -A. N. Wilson, author of Jesus: A Life “Armstrong is a lucid writer with a knack for synthesizing vast quantities of research.” -“The Globe and Mail” “Armstrong’s writing continues to offer a religious mirror and a cultural vision.” -Amazon.com “Armstrong has a dazzling ability: she can take a long and complex subject and reduce it to the fundamentals, without oversimplifying.” -“The Sunday Times”
Dewey Edition
22
Dewey Decimal
200.9/014
Edition Description
Annotated edition
Synopsis
From Karen Armstrong, the bestselling author of “A History of God” and “The Spiral Staircase,” comes this extraordinary investigation of a critical moment in the evolution of religious thought. In the ninth century BCE, events in four regions of the civilized world led to the rise of religious traditions that have endured to the present day–the development of Confucianism and Daoism in China, Hinduism and Buddhism in India, monotheism in Israel, and philosophical rationalism in Greece. Armstrong, one of our most prominent religious scholars, examines how these traditions began in response to the violence of their time. Studying figures as diverse as the Buddha and Socrates, Confucius and Jeremiah, Armstrong reveals how these still enduring philosophies can help address our contemporary problems., From one of the world’s leading writers on religion and the highly acclaimed author of the bestselling “A History of God,” comes a major new work that chronicles one of the most important intellectual revolutions in world history and its relevance to modern times., From Karen Armstrong, the bestselling author of A History of God and The Spiral Staircase , comes this extraordinary investigation of a critical moment in the evolution of religious thought. In the ninth century BCE, events in four regions of the civilized world led to the rise of religious traditions that have endured to the present day–development of Confucianism and Daoism in China, Hinduism and Buddhism in India, monotheism in Israel, and philosophical rationalism in Greece. Armstrong, one of our most prominent religious scholars, examines how these traditions began in response to the violence of their time. Studying figures as diverse as the Buddha and Socrates, Confucius and Jeremiah, Armstrong reveals how these still enduring philosophies can help address our contemporary problems., NATIONAL BESTSELLER * An extraordinary investigation of a critical moment in the evolution of religious thought–from the New York Times bestselling author of A History of God and The Spiral Staircase “A splendid book…. Lucid, highly readable…. Relevant to a world still embroiled in military conflict and sectarian hatreds.” — The New York Times In the ninth century BCE, events in four regions of the civilized world led to the rise of religious traditions that have endured to the present day–development of Confucianism and Daoism in China, Hinduism and Buddhism in India, monotheism in Israel, and philosophical rationalism in Greece. Armstrong, one of our most prominent religious scholars, examines how these traditions began in response to the violence of their time. Studying figures as diverse as the Buddha and Socrates, Confucius and Jeremiah, Armstrong reveals how these still enduring philosophies can help address our contemporary problems.
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