A History of God: The 4,000-Year Quest of Judaism, Christianity, and Islam

The original hardback and paperback versions of this phenomenally successful book have been sold in excess of 700,000 copies. Karen Armstrong's very engaging examination of the ways in which the three major monotheistic faiths of the world—Islam, Christianity, and Judaism—have influenced and changed people's understanding of God is a masterwork. Armstrong, one of the leading theological commentators in Britain, explores the evolution of human perception and experience of God from the time of Abraham to the present. Armstrong accomplishes the almost miraculous feat of condensing the intellectual history of monotheism into a single, interesting book, covering everything from classical philosophy and medieval mysticism to the Reformation, the Enlightenment, and the contemporary era of skepticism.