Battle for God

Name: Battle for God
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ISBN: 9780679435976

ISBN-10: 0679435972

ISBN-13: 9780679435976

Edition: 2000

Authors: Karen Armstrong

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In the late twentieth century, fundamentalism has emerged as one of the most powerful forces at work in the world, contesting the dominance of modern secular values and threatening peace and harmony around the globe. Yet it remains incomprehensible to a large number of people. In The Battle for God, Karen Armstrong brilliantly and sympathetically shows us how and why fundamentalist groups came into existence and what they yearn to accomplish. We see the West in the sixteenth century beginning to create an entirely new kind of civilization, which brought in its wake change in every aspect of life -- often painful and violent, even if liberating. Armstrong argues that one of the things that…

Book details

List price: $35.00
Copyright year: 2000
Publisher: Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
Publication date: 3/7/2000
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 464
Size: 7.00" wide x 9.75" long x 1.50" tall
Weight: 1.782
Language: English

Karen Armstrong is one of the foremost commentators on religious affairs in both Britain and the United States. She spent seven years as a Roman Catholic nun and received a degree at Oxford University.



Introduction


The Old World and the New


Jews: The Precursors (1492-1700)


Muslims: The Conservative Spirit (1492-1799)


Christians: Brave New World (1492-1870)


Jews and Muslims Modernize (1700-1870)


Fundamentalism


Battle Lines (1870-1900)


Fundamentals (1900-25)


Counterculture (1925-60)


Mobilization (1960-74)


The Offensive (1974-79)


Defeat? (1979-99)


Afterword


Glossary


Notes


Bibliography


Acknowledgments


Index