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God & comparing belief traditions

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A History of God: The 4,000-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...

Karen Armstrong

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The Experience of God: Being, Consciousness, Bliss

From one of the most revered scholars of religion, an incisive explanation of how the word “God” functions in the world’s great faiths Despite the recent ferocious public debate about belief, the concept most central to the discussion—God—frequently remains vaguely and obscurely described.

David Bentley Hart

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How God Becomes Real: Kindling the Presence of Invisible Others

How do gods and spirits come to feel vividly real to people―as if they were standing right next to them? Humans tend to see supernatural agents everywhere, as the cognitive science of religion has shown. But it isn’t easy to maintain a sense that there are invisible spirits who care about you.

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Elizabeth Gilbert

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Eclipse of God: Studies in the Relation Between Religion and Philosophy

First published in 1952, Eclipse of God is a collection of nine essays concerning the relationship between religion and philosophy. The book features Buber’s critique of the thematically interconnected—yet diverse—perspectives of Soren Kierkegaard, Hermann Cohen, C.G.

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Dr. Robert Johnson - Visons of God and the Meaning of Suffering

Dr. Robert Johnson discusses the role of the priest in protecting people from close encounters with god. Also, he contrasts the suffering of the modern western male to the eastern psyche in his film IN SEARCH OF THE HOLY GRAIL

Robert A. Johnson

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A Sociable God: Toward a New Understanding of Religion

In one of the first attempts to bring an integral dimension to sociology, Ken Wilber introduces a system of reliable methods by which to make testable judgments of the authenticity of any religious movement.

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The Case for God: Karen Armstrong at St Paul's Cathedral

Karen Armstrong, acclaimed author and religious scholar, speaks at St Paul's Cathedral on the topic of her book The Case for God as part of the St Paul's Forum autumn series of events.

Karen Armstrong

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The Case for God

A nuanced exploration of the part that religion plays in human life, drawing on the insights of the past in order to build a faith that speaks to the needs of our dangerously polarized age.

Karen Armstrong

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Karen Armstrong Builds a 'Case for God'

Karen Armstrong after the release of her book, The Case for God. In it, she argues that religion is a practical discipline that teaches us to discover new capacities of the mind and heart.

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