The great transformation : the beginning of our religious traditions /

In the ninth century BCE, the peoples of four distinct regions of the civilized world created the religious and philosophical traditions that have continued to nourish humanity to the present day: Confucianism and Daoism in China, Hinduism and Buddhism in India, monotheism in Israel, and philosophic...

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Main Author: Armstrong, Karen, 1944- (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Knopf, 2006.
Edition:1st ed.
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Online Access:ebrary
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Table of Contents:
  • List of maps and plans
  • Acknowledgments
  • Introduction
  • 1. The Axial peoples (c. 1600 to 900 BCE)
  • 2. Ritual (c. 900 to 800 BCE)
  • 3. Kenosis (c. 800 to 700 BCE)
  • 4. Knowledge (c. 700 to 600 BCE)
  • 5. Suffering (c. 600 to 530 BCE)
  • 6. Empathy (c. 530 to 450 BCE)
  • 7. Concern for everybody (c. 450 to 398 BCE)
  • 8. All is one (c. 400 to 300 BCE)
  • 9. Empire (c. 300 to 220 BCE)
  • 10. The way forward
  • Notes
  • Glossary
  • Bibliography
  • Index.