The Resource The battle for God, Karen Armstrong
The battle for God, Karen Armstrong
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The item The battle for God, Karen Armstrong represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Austin Public Library.
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- Language
- eng
- Edition
- 1st Ballantine Books ed.
- Extent
- xviii, 442, [7] p.
- Note
- Includes at end: The battle for God : a reader's guide / Karen Armstrong
- Contents
-
- Pt. 1. 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)
- Pt. 2. Fundamentalism. Battle lines (1870-1900)
- Fundamentals (1900-25)
- Counterculture (1925-60)
- Mobilization (1960-74)
- The offensive (1974-79)
- Defeat? (1979-99)
- Isbn
- 9780345391698
- Label
- The battle for God
- Title
- The battle for God
- Statement of responsibility
- Karen Armstrong
- Subject
-
- trueFundamentalism -- History
- Religious fundamentalism
- trueIslam
- trueGod
- trueFundamentalism
- trueSpirituality and Religion -- Christianity
- trueChristianity
- trueSpirituality and Religion -- Judaism
- trueOrthodox Judaism -- Israel -- History
- trueJudaism
- Islamic fundamentalism -- History
- trueSpirituality and Religion -- Islam
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- Reveals how the fundamentalist movements in Christianity, Judaism, and Islam were born out of a dread of modernity
- Award
-
- Booklist Editors' Choice, 2000.
- New York Times Notable Book, 2000
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/novelist/bookUI
- 157800
- Cataloging source
- BGU
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorDate
- 1944-
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Armstrong, Karen
- Dewey number
- 200.9
- Index
- no index present
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/resourcePreferred
- True
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
-
- Religious fundamentalism
- Orthodox Judaism
- Islamic fundamentalism
- Fundamentalism
- Target audience
- adult
- Label
- The battle for God, Karen Armstrong
- Note
- Includes at end: The battle for God : a reader's guide / Karen Armstrong
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [409]-424) and index
- Contents
- Pt. 1. 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) -- Pt. 2. Fundamentalism. Battle lines (1870-1900) -- Fundamentals (1900-25) -- Counterculture (1925-60) -- Mobilization (1960-74) -- The offensive (1974-79) -- Defeat? (1979-99)
- Control code
- ocm47946906
- Dimensions
- 21 cm.
- Edition
- 1st Ballantine Books ed.
- Extent
- xviii, 442, [7] p.
- Isbn
- 9780345391698
- Lccn
- 00193201
- System control number
- (Sirsi) ADD-4904
- Label
- The battle for God, Karen Armstrong
- Note
- Includes at end: The battle for God : a reader's guide / Karen Armstrong
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [409]-424) and index
- Contents
- Pt. 1. 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) -- Pt. 2. Fundamentalism. Battle lines (1870-1900) -- Fundamentals (1900-25) -- Counterculture (1925-60) -- Mobilization (1960-74) -- The offensive (1974-79) -- Defeat? (1979-99)
- Control code
- ocm47946906
- Dimensions
- 21 cm.
- Edition
- 1st Ballantine Books ed.
- Extent
- xviii, 442, [7] p.
- Isbn
- 9780345391698
- Lccn
- 00193201
- System control number
- (Sirsi) ADD-4904
Subject
- trueChristianity
- trueFundamentalism
- trueFundamentalism -- History
- trueGod
- trueIslam
- Islamic fundamentalism -- History
- trueJudaism
- trueOrthodox Judaism -- Israel -- History
- Religious fundamentalism
- trueSpirituality and Religion -- Christianity
- trueSpirituality and Religion -- Islam
- trueSpirituality and Religion -- Judaism
Genre
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- trueBooklist Editors' Choice - Best History Books: 2000
- trueNew York Times Notable Books - Nonfiction: 2000
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