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The Lost Art of Scripture
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Books > Theology > Theology Books
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| Author/Artist: |
KAREN ARMSTRONG |
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9781784705329 |
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Random House |
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PAPERBACK |
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AU$24.99 |
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In our increasingly secular world, holy texts are at best seen as irrelevant, and at worst as an excuse to incite violence, hatred and division. So what value, if any, can scripture hold for us today? And if our world no longer seems compatible with scripture, is it perhaps because its original purpose has become lost?
Karen Armstrong, a world authority on religious affairs, shows that through millennia of history, for hundreds of years Holy texts were instead viewed as spiritual tools: a means for the individual to connect with the divine, to transcend their physical existence, and to experience a higher level of consciousness. Holy texts were seen as fluid and adaptable, rather than a set of binding archaic rules.
Armstrong argues that only by rediscovering an open engagement with their holy texts will the world’s religions be able to curtail arrogance, intolerance and violence. And if scripture is used to engage with the world in more meaningful and compassionate ways, we will find that it still has a great deal to teach us. |
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