000350442 000__ 01780cam\a2200361\a\4500 000350442 001__ 350442 000350442 005__ 20210513125651.0 000350442 008__ 090403s2009\\\\nyu\\\\\\b\\\\001\0\eng\\ 000350442 010__ $$a 2009014044 000350442 019__ $$a436454695$$a456177274 000350442 020__ $$a9780307269188 000350442 020__ $$a0307269183 000350442 020__ $$a9780307397430 000350442 020__ $$a0307397432 000350442 035__ $$a(OCoLC)ocn316029803 000350442 035__ $$a350442 000350442 040__ $$aDLC$$cDLC$$dBTCTA$$dYDXCP$$dUPZ$$dZS3$$dMOF$$dCDX$$dZJI$$dLMR$$dNLC$$dVP@$$dNOW 000350442 049__ $$aISEA 000350442 05000 $$aBL473$$b.A76 2009 000350442 08200 $$a211$$222 000350442 1001_ $$aArmstrong, Karen,$$d1944- 000350442 24514 $$aThe case for God /$$cKaren Armstrong. 000350442 250__ $$a1st ed. 000350442 260__ $$aNew York :$$bKnopf,$$c2009. 000350442 300__ $$axviii, 406 p. ;$$c25 cm. 000350442 504__ $$aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 000350442 5050_ $$aPT. 1 THE UNKNOWN GOD (30,000 BCE to 1500 CE): Homo religiosus -- God -- Reason -- Faith -- Silence -- Faith and reason -- PT. 2 THE MODERN GOD (1500 CE to the present): Science and religion -- Scientific religion -- Enlightenment -- Atheism -- Unknowing -- Death of God? 000350442 520__ $$aMoving 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. While noting that the changing face of the world has necessarily changed the importance of religion at both the societal and the individual level, she makes a powerful, convincing argument for drawing on the insights of the past in order to build a faith that speaks to the needs of our dangerously polarized age. 000350442 650_0 $$aGod$$xHistory of doctrines. 000350442 650_0 $$aReligious life$$xHistory. 000350442 650_0 $$aGod (Christianity)$$xHistory of doctrines. 000350442 650_0 $$aChristian life$$xHistory. 000350442 650_0 $$aApologetics. 000350442 85200 $$bgen$$hBL473$$i.A76$$i2009 000350442 909CO $$ooai:library.usi.edu:350442$$pGLOBAL_SET 000350442 980__ $$aBIB 000350442 980__ $$aBOOK