A HISTORY OF GOD: THE 4000-YEAR QUEST OF JUDAISM CHRISTIANITY AND ISLAM

Why does God exist? How have the three dominant monotheistic religions - Judaism, Christianity, and Islam - shaped and altered the conception of God? How have these religions influenced each other? 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. Washington Post Book World: "An admirable and impressive work of synthesis that will give insight and satisfaction to thousands of lay readers." The Sunday Times (London): "A brilliantly lucid, splendidly readable book. Armstrong has a dazzling ability: she can take a long and complex subject and reduce it to the fundamentals, without oversimplifying." Time: "Absorbing..."