A History of God
The 4,000-Year Quest of Judaism, Christianity and Islam
Karen Armstrong traces changing ideas and experiences of God across Judaism, Christianity, and Islam, beginning in the ancient Near East and continuing through classical philosophy, medieval mysticism, the Reformation, the Enlightenment, modern atheism, and twentieth-century theology. Rather than attempting to prove or disprove God’s existence, the book examines how communities repeatedly reformulated the divine in response to intellectual, political, and spiritual change.