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The Lost Art of Scripture: Rescuing the Sacred Texts
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ISBN10: 0525431926
ISBN13: 9780525431923
Publisher: Anchor Books
Published: Oct 20 2020
Pages: 624
Weight: 0.95
Height: 1.20 Width: 5.10 Depth: 8.00
Language: English
ISBN13: 9780525431923
Publisher: Anchor Books
Published: Oct 20 2020
Pages: 624
Weight: 0.95
Height: 1.20 Width: 5.10 Depth: 8.00
Language: English
A book that shines fresh light on the world's major religions to help us build bridges between faiths and rediscover a creative and spiritual engagement with holy texts--from the New York Times bestselling author of A History of God
[An] unusual, often dazzling, blend of theology, history, and neuroscience --The New Yorker
[An] unusual, often dazzling, blend of theology, history, and neuroscience --The New Yorker
The significance of scripture may not be immediately obvious in our secular world, but its misunderstanding is perhaps the root cause of many of today's controversies. The sacred texts have been co-opted by fundamentalists, who insist that they must be taken literally, and by others who interpret scripture to bolster their own prejudices. These texts are seen to prescribe ethical norms and codes of behavior that are divinely ordained: they are believed to contain eternal truths. But as Karen Armstrong shows in this chronicle of the development and significance of major religions, such a narrow, peculiar reading of scripture is a relatively recent, modern phenomenon. For most of their history, the world's religious traditions have regarded these texts as tools that enable the individual to connect with the divine, to experience a different level of consciousness, and to help them engage with the world in more meaningful and compassionate ways.
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