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A History of God: The 4,000-Year Quest of Judaism, Christianity, and Islam
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Start date
October 28, 2013
Finish date
November 25, 2013
Why we're reading this
= = = Required reading Ch1-Ch5 plus Ch 10
= = = We will finish the book at a later meeting as we decide wh…more

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Simon Putt
Jan 21, 2012 rated it liked it
There's some really good stuff here, such as the origins of the three religions and some of commentary on latterday thought processes.....but at times the book lapses into a somewhat dreary catalogue of one doctrine after another. There's no way you can retain all that information, and you just become desensitised by it. There's no doubting that this is an extremely scholarly and comprehensive work, but Armstrong isn't exactly the most engaging of writers. But I can't deny that I learned from th ...more
Caroline Donaldson
Very good. I dip in and out of it.
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