"An admirable and impressive work of synthesis that will give insight and satisfaction to thousands of lay readers."
THE WASHINGTON POST BOOK WORLD
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 time of Abraham to the present. ...
"An admirable and impressive work of synthesis that will give insight and satisfaction to thousands of lay readers."
THE WASHINGTON POST BOOK WORLD
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 time of Abraham to the present. From classical philsophy and medieval mysticism to the Reformation, the Enlightenment, and the modern age of skepticism, Karen Armstrong performs the near miracle of distilling the intellectual history of monotheism into one superbly readable volume, destined to take its place as a classic.
作者简介
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Karen Armstrong is the author of numerous books on religious affairs, including The Case for God, A History of God, The Battle for God, Holy War, Islam, Buddha,and The Great Transformation, as well as a memoir, The Spiral Staircase. Her work has been translated into forty-five languages. In 2008 she was awarded the TED Prize and began working with TED on the Charter for Compass...
Karen Armstrong is the author of numerous books on religious affairs, including The Case for God, A History of God, The Battle for God, Holy War, Islam, Buddha,and The Great Transformation, as well as a memoir, The Spiral Staircase. Her work has been translated into forty-five languages. In 2008 she was awarded the TED Prize and began working with TED on the Charter for Compassion, created online by the general public, and crafted by leading thinkers in Judaism, Christianity, Islam, Hinduism, Buddhism, and Confucianism. The charter was launched globally in the fall of 2009. She is currently an ambassador for the United Nations Alliance of Civilizations.
德国宗教史学家鲁道夫・奥托（ Rudolf Oto）在1917年出版的重要著作《神圣的观念》（ The Idea of the Holy）中，相信对“神灵”的感觉，乃是宗教的基础。它先于任何想解释世界起源或找出伦理行为基础的欲望。人们以不同的方式感应神秘的精神力量一一有时它会激发狂野、发酒疯式的兴奋感；有时则是深沉的平静；有时人们对生命中每个层面固有神秘力量的显现，感到惊恐、敬畏与卑微。当人们开始创作神话和崇拜神衹时，他们并非寻求一种对自然现象的正确解释。具象征意义的故事、洞穴绘画与雕刻，乃是为了表达他们的惊奇，以及尝试将此无所不在的神秘与他们自己的生命联系起来。事实上，推动今日诗人、艺术家与音乐家的也是类似的动力。例如在旧石器时代，当农业正在发展时，母性女神的崇拜便是把改变人类生活形态的土地的神圣感表达出来。 (查看原文)
想找时间再翻一遍，最近老是想起 Karen Armstrong 女士结束这本书的那句话：The idols of fundamentalism are not good substitutes for God; if we are to create a vibrant new faith for the twenty-first century, we should, perhaps, pond...想找时间再翻一遍，最近老是想起 Karen Armstrong 女士结束这本书的那句话：The idols of fundamentalism are not good substitutes for God; if we are to create a vibrant new faith for the twenty-first century, we should, perhaps, ponder the history of God for some lessons and warnings.(展开)
A good refresher on Judaism religion, the book really captured how all these various subsets of religion change and develop overtime. Throughout the whole book it seemed there was a recurring theme am...A good refresher on Judaism religion, the book really captured how all these various subsets of religion change and develop overtime. Throughout the whole book it seemed there was a recurring theme amongst all these religions, and it’s that rather men were the ones who dictated what was so and what’s not. Not the doctrines of a Celestial being. (展开)
最近拿着女友送的书卡在Barnes & Noble买了一些书，A History of God是其中的一本。之前很多次都看到过这本书，看标题隐约感觉得这书是黑化亚伯拉罕一神教的，而那时候我更想从正统的角度学习宗教，所以就没有碰这本书。最近恰好在思考和这本书的论题非常类似的东西，于是...
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中文版p51：同时提革拉.昆列色王三世及亚述王正渴望地觊觎他们的土地 英文版p40：while King Tigleth Pilesar III, King of Assyria, looked hungerily at their lands 问题：这里的提革拉.昆列色王三世与亚述王是同一人。 改正：同时提革拉.昆列色王三世，也就是当时的亚述王...
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经过一个多月的跋涉，终于看完两本关于神的书，《神之简史》（GOD:A BRIEF HITORY),《神的历史》（A HISTORY OF GOD）。 前者国内北京三联出版，配合时下的风尚，有很多彩色图片，比较悦目。作者John Bowker是一位涉猎颇广的宗教学学者。刚查了一下他的资料，维基百科介绍此君...
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1 有用 zxygentoo 2009-02-09 13:47:29
想找时间再翻一遍，最近老是想起 Karen Armstrong 女士结束这本书的那句话：The idols of fundamentalism are not good substitutes for God; if we are to create a vibrant new faith for the twenty-first century, we should, perhaps, pond... 想找时间再翻一遍，最近老是想起 Karen Armstrong 女士结束这本书的那句话：The idols of fundamentalism are not good substitutes for God; if we are to create a vibrant new faith for the twenty-first century, we should, perhaps, ponder the history of God for some lessons and warnings. (展开)
0 有用 zach 2012-01-25 23:29:24
易卜拉欣(亚伯拉罕) 之下的一神教体系，让三大宗教渊源颇深却又隔阂颇深，神啊，世人看破这羁绊吧
0 有用 弦歌 2018-04-11 18:57:08
对照 中文版
0 有用 كاثرين 2020-09-21 16:08:53
太无聊了，都佩服自己居然能坚持读完。絮絮叨叨堆砌诸多细节然而不成结构体系，看似信息量巨大但读完后完全记不住什么东西。
1 有用 端木歧然 2017-10-10 22:51:58
去年从美帝背回来的，好便宜哟~一天到晚还债，哎呀...浩瀚😲查字典都来不及...GOD的含义是什么/指代什么/在什么范畴内讨论/是否存在/怎样证明存在...泛读如此，期待精读二刷😣
0 有用 كاثرين 2020-09-21 16:08:53
太无聊了，都佩服自己居然能坚持读完。絮絮叨叨堆砌诸多细节然而不成结构体系，看似信息量巨大但读完后完全记不住什么东西。
0 有用 麻婆豆腐 2020-08-03 16:41:11
A good refresher on Judaism religion, the book really captured how all these various subsets of religion change and develop overtime. Throughout the whole book it seemed there was a recurring theme am... A good refresher on Judaism religion, the book really captured how all these various subsets of religion change and develop overtime. Throughout the whole book it seemed there was a recurring theme amongst all these religions, and it’s that rather men were the ones who dictated what was so and what’s not. Not the doctrines of a Celestial being. (展开)
0 有用 弦歌 2018-04-11 18:57:08
对照 中文版
1 有用 端木歧然 2017-10-10 22:51:58
去年从美帝背回来的，好便宜哟~一天到晚还债，哎呀...浩瀚😲查字典都来不及...GOD的含义是什么/指代什么/在什么范畴内讨论/是否存在/怎样证明存在...泛读如此，期待精读二刷😣
0 有用 zach 2012-01-25 23:29:24
易卜拉欣(亚伯拉罕) 之下的一神教体系，让三大宗教渊源颇深却又隔阂颇深，神啊，世人看破这羁绊吧