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The great transformation

Examines the origins of the religious traditions of the world during the ninth century B.C.E. in four distinct regions--Confucianism and Daoism in China, Hinduism and Buddhism in India, monotheism in Israel, and philosophical rationalism in Greece.

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  • "Mundo en la época de Buda, Sócrates, Confucio y Jeremías, el origen de las tradiciones religiosas"

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  • "Examines the origins of the religious traditions of the world during the ninth century B.C.E. in four distinct regions--Confucianism and Daoism in China, Hinduism and Buddhism in India, monotheism in Israel, and philosophical rationalism in Greece."@en
  • "The centuries between 800 and 300 BC saw an explosion of new religious concepts. Their emergence is second only to man's harnessing of fire in fundamentally transforming our understanding of what it is to be human. But why did Socrates, Buddha, Confucius, Jeremiah, Lao Tzu and others all emerge in this five-hundred-year span? And why do they have such similar ideas about humanity?In The Great Transformation, Karen Armstrong examines this phenomenal period and the connections between this disparate group of philosophers, mystics and theologians."@en
  • "Examines the origins of the religious traditions of the world during the ninth century B.C.E. in four distinct regions--Confucianism and Daoism in China, Hinduism and Buddhism in India, monotheism in Israel, and philosophical rationalism in Greece."
  • "The centuries between 800 and 300 BC saw an explosion of new religious concepts. But why did Socrates, Buddha, Confucius, Jeremiah, Lao Tzu and all others emerge in this 500 year span? Armstrong examines this period and the connections between this disparate group of philosophers, mystics, and theologians."@en
  • "The centuries between 800 and 300 BC saw an explosion of new religious concepts. But why did Socrates, Buddha, Confucius, Jeremiah, Lao Tzu and all others emerge in this 500 year span? Armstrong examines this period and the connections between this disparate group of philosophers, mystics, and theologians."
  • "In the ninth century BCE, the peoples of four distinct regions of the civilized world created the religious and philosophical traditions that have continued to nourish humanity to the present day: Confucianism and Daoism in China, Hinduism and Buddhism in India, monotheism in Israel, and philosophical rationalism in Greece. Later generations further developed these initial insights, but we have never grown beyond them. Now, Karen Armstrong reveals how the sages of this pivotal "Axial Age" can speak clearly and helpfully to the violence and desperation that we experience in our own times. The Axial Age faiths began in recoil from the unprecedented violence of their time. There was a remarkable consensus in their call for an abandonment of selfishness and a spirituality of compassion. The traditions of the Axial Age were not about dogma--all insisted on the primacy of compassion even in the midst of suffering.--From publisher description."
  • "In the ninth century BCE, the peoples of four distinct regions of the civilized world created the religious and philosophical traditions that have continued to nourish humanity to the present day: Confucianism and Daoism in China, Hinduism and Buddhism in India, monotheism in Israel, and philosophical rationalism in Greece. Later generations further developed these initial insights, but we have never grown beyond them. Now, Karen Armstrong reveals how the sages of this pivotal "Axial Age" can speak clearly and helpfully to the violence and desperation that we experience in our own times. The Axial Age faiths began in recoil from the unprecedented violence of their time. There was a remarkable consensus in their call for an abandonment of selfishness and a spirituality of compassion. The traditions of the Axial Age were not about dogma--all insisted on the primacy of compassion even in the midst of suffering.--From publisher description."@en
  • "From one of the world's leading writers on religion and the highly acclaimed author of the bestselling A history of God, The battle for God and The spiral staircase, comes a major new work: a chronicle of one of the most important intellectual revolutions in world history and its relevance to our own time. In one astonishing, short period -- the ninth century BCE -- the peoples of four distinct regions of the civilized world created the religious and philosophical traditions that have continued to nourish humanity into the present day: Confucianism and Daoism in China; Hinduism and Buddhism in India; monotheism in Israel; and philosophical rationalism in Greece. Historians call this the Axial Age because of its central importance to humanity's spiritual development. Now, Karen Armstrong traces the rise and development of this transformative moment in history, examining the brilliant contributions to these traditions made by such figures as the Buddha, Socrates, Confucius and Ezekiel. Armstrong makes clear that despite some differences of emphasis, there was remarkable consensus among these religions and philosophies: each insisted on the primacy of compassion over hatred and violence."

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  • "Geschiedenis (vorm)"
  • "Comparative studies"
  • "Srovnávací studie"
  • "Large type books"@en
  • "Large type books"
  • "History"
  • "History"@en
  • "Electronic books"@en
  • "Livres électroniques"

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  • "Die Achsenzeit vom Ursprung der Weltreligionen"
  • "Der grosse Umbruch vom Ursprung der Weltreligionen"
  • "La gran transformación : el mundo en la época de Buda, Sócrates, Confucio y Jeremías : el origen de las tradiciones religiosas"@es
  • "The great transformation"@en
  • "The Great Transformation The Beginning of Our Religious Traditions"
  • "La gran transformación : el mundo en la época de Buda, Sócrates, Confucio y Jeremías, el origen de las tradiciones religiosas"
  • "Velká transformace : svět v době Buddhy, Sokrata, Konfucia a Jeremjáše"
  • "The great transformation the beginning of our religious traditions"@en
  • "The great transformation the beginning of our religious traditions"
  • "The Great Transformation"@en
  • "The great transformation : the beginning of our religious traditions"
  • "The great transformation : the beginning of our religious traditions"@en
  • "The great transformation : the world in the time of Buddha, Socrates, Confucius and Jeremiah"@en
  • "The great transformation : the world in the time of Buddha, Socrates, Confucius and Jeremiah"
  • "Die Achsenzeit : vom Ursprung der Weltreligionen"
  • "La Gran transformación : el mundo en la época de Buda, Sócrates, Confucio y Jeremías : el origen de las tradiciones religiosas"
  • "The great transformation : the beginnings of our religious traditions"
  • "The great transformation the world in the time of Buddha, Socrates, Confucius and Jeremiah"@en
  • "The Great transformation : the beginning of our religious traditions"
  • "Världsreligionernas födelse"@sv
  • "De grote transformatie : het begin van onze religieuze tradities"

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