Karen Armstrong

Armstrong nos muestra cómo a lo largo de los siglos cada una de las religiones monoteístas ha abrazado un concepto ligeramente distinto de Dios. Al mismo tiempo, la autora aborda las semejanzas fundamentales y profundas entre ellas, demostrando que, en las tres, Dios ha sido y es experimentado de forma intensa, apasionada y a menudo traumatica.

Desde el principio de los tiempos la humanidad ha mirado a la naturaleza y ha visto lo divino. En los escritos de los grandes pensadores de todas las religiones, el mundo natural inspira desde el miedo hasta el asombro, pasando por la contemplacion tranquila; Dios, o como quiera que se defina lo sublime, estaba presente en cada escenario. Sin embargo, hoy en dia, incluso cuando miramos un arbol o contemplamos un paisaje impresionante, rara vez vemos la naturaleza como algo sagrado.Naturaleza sagrada revela las conexiones mas profundas entre los seres humanos y el mundo natural. En esta deliciosa obra, Karen Armstrong nos invita a pensar y sentir de forma diferente para reavivar nuestro vinculo con la naturaleza y reconstruir nuestra conexion con ella.

Una mirada completa y profunda de una de las religiones más influyentes del mundo Durante siglos, la ignorancia y la desinformación han creado una visión distorsionada del islam en el imaginario occi

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The Bible is the most widely distributed book in the world. Translated into over two thousand languages, it is estimated that more than six billion copies have been sold in the last two hundred years alone. In this seminal account, Karen Armstrong traces the gestation of the Bible to reveal a complex and contradictory document created by scores of people over hundreds of years.Karen Armstrong begins her analysis with the origins of the very earliest books of the "Hebrew Bible", in which God was called both 'Yahweh' and 'Elohim'. She then traces the development of both the "Hebrew Bible" and the "New Testament" to reveal the disparate influences that helped to form these sacred texts. From the Jewish practice of Midrash and the Christian cult of Jesus; to the influence of Paul's letters on the Reformation and the manipulation of Revelations by Christian fundamentalism, Armstrong explores the contexts in which these sixty-six books were understood and explains the social needs they answered. In the process she reveals an unfamiliar and paradoxical work that will permanently alter our understanding of the Bible.

Una obra paradójica y desconocida que cambiará para siempre nuestra visión de La Biblia. La Biblia es el libro más famoso del mundo. Traducido a más de dos mil idiomas, se calcula que ha vendido más

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.

Después de Historia de Dios, la formidable Karen Armstrong nos narra ahora en La Gran Transformación la evolución de las religiones tradicionales desde su nacimiento hasta que alcanzan la madurez. En

There is widespread confusion about the nature of religious truth. For the first time in history, a significantly large number of people want nothing to do with God. Mlitant atheists preach a gospel of godlessness with the zeal of missionaries and find an eager audience. What has happened? Tracing the history of faith from the Palaeolithic Age to the present, Karen Armstrong shows that meaning of words such as 'belief', 'faith', and 'mystery' has been entirely altered, so that atheists and theists alike now think and speak about God - and, indeed, reason itself - in a way that our ancestors would have found astonishing. Does God have a future? Karen Armstrong examines how we can build a faith that speaks to the needs of our troubled and dangerously polarized world.

Armstrong, a British journalist and former nun, guides us along one of the most elusive and fascinating quests of all time--the search for God. Like all beloved historians, Armstrong entertains us with deft storytelling, astounding research, and makes us feel a greater appreciation for the present because we better understand our past. Be warned: A History of God is not a tidy linear history. Rather, we learn that the definition of God is constantly being repeated, altered, discarded, and resurrected through the ages, responding to its followers' practical concerns rather than to mystical mandates. Armstrong also shows us how Judaism, Christianity, and Islam have overlapped and influenced one another, gently challenging the secularist history of each of these religions. --Gail Hudson

El Islam es, probablemente, la religión más incomprendida y malinterpretada de la modernidad. Una curiosa ignorancia prevalece en Occidente desde las cruzadas, cuando emprezó a cultivarse una visión distorsionada del Islam como una religion violenta e intolerante. Sin embargo, los imperios islamicos llegaron a seer los mas grandes y mejor situados de la tierra hasta que fueron reemplazados por las naciones europeas en el siglo XIX.