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The Battle For God

Karen Armstrong

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The Battle For God Karen Armstrong "I stumbled onto "The Battle for God" actually when I went to hear the author, Karen Armstrong speak in Oakland. Got on a big habit of getting books on tape from the library, I took a break from the book on tape, listened to the radio and the author was on the radio and I thought well, this is too much of a coincidence. I got to go see the author. And so, and needed a book a book autographed and "The Battle for God" really caught my eye. "The Battle for God" is a, it's really a historical review, a straight historical study of the origins of Christians, Jewish and Islamic fundamentalism. It really puts out the idea that even though their claims to legitimacy are about being loyal to the ancient traditions, they're very modern. Having to follow the logic of an ancient scripture word-for-word, that whole logic is a modern idea and this is kind of in response to science and the enlightenment and all of that. And that's Karen Armstrong's main idea. She thinks that fundamentalism is like I said a modern phenomenon, something that is, that strays from the intent of these religions. She had a real deep respect for all religious traditions and that comes through. She really just tells the history. She doesn't really make, put a lot of effort into advocating a point. You know you can read theology elsewhere. You can read current events around fundamentalism elsewhere. This really fills in the gap with what a lot of people are writing about these things. I recommend it to anyone who has an interest in some of the cultural conflicts that are going on currently. I would give it four stars."