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A history of God : the 4000-year quest of Judaism, Christianity, and Islam / by Karen Armstrong

By: Armstrong, Karen, 1944-.
Publisher: New York : Ballantine Books, c1993Description: xxiii, 460 p. : ill., maps ; 21 cm.ISBN: 9780345384560 (pbk.); 0345384563 (pbk.).Subject(s): God -- Comparative studies | God -- Biblical teaching | God (Christianity) -- History of doctrines | God (Islam) -- History of doctrines | God (Judaism) -- History of doctrines | Judaism -- Doctrines -- History | Islam -- Doctrines -- HistoryDDC classification: 202.11
Contents:
1. In the beginning. - 2. One God. - 3. A light to the gentiles. - 4. Trinity: the Christian God. - 5. Unity: the God of islam. - 6. The god of the philosophers. - 7. The God of the mystics. - 8. A God for reformers. - 9. Enlightenment. - 10. The death of God. - 11. Does God have a future?

Originally published: New York : Ballantine Books, 1993.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [427]-436) and index.

1. In the beginning. - 2. One God. - 3. A light to the gentiles. - 4. Trinity: the Christian God. - 5. Unity: the God of islam. - 6. The god of the philosophers. - 7. The God of the mystics. - 8. A God for reformers. - 9. Enlightenment. - 10. The death of God. - 11. Does God have a future?