{"product_id":"the-great-transformation-the-beginning-of-our-religious-traditions-paperback","title":"The Great Transformation: The Beginning of Our Religious Traditions - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eKaren Armstrong\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003eNATIONAL BESTSELLER - A\u003c\/b\u003en extraordinary investigation of a critical moment in the evolution of religious thought\u003cb\u003e--from the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eA History of God\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Spiral Staircase\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"A splendid book.... Lucid, highly readable.... Relevant to a world still embroiled in military conflict and sectarian hatreds.\" --\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn 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.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eKAREN ARMSTRONG is the author of numerous books on religion, including \u003ci\u003eThe Case for God, A History of God, The Battle for God, Holy War, Islam, Buddha\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eFields of Bloos\u003c\/i\u003e, as well as a memoir, \u003ci\u003eThe Spiral Staircase\u003c\/i\u003e. 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, crafted by leading thinkers in Judaism, Christianity, Islam, Hinduism, Buddhism, and Confucianism. It was launched globally in the fall of 2009. Also in 2008, she was awarded the Franklin D. Roosevelt Four Freedoms Medal. In 2013, she received the British Academy's inaugural Nayef Al-Rodhan Prize for Transcultural Understanding.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 592\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.09 x 7.99 x 5.21 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 10, 2007\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51755680497952,"sku":"9780385721240","price":20.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/e38b7c5b5360583cce26ae2041927a5e.webp?v=1780065699","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/the-great-transformation-the-beginning-of-our-religious-traditions-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}