The lost art of scripture / Rescuing the sacred texts
Armstrong, Karen, 1944-2019
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Today the Quran is used by some to justify war and acts of terrorism, the Torah to deny Palestinians the right to live in the Land of Israel, and the Bible to condemn homosexuality and contraception. The significance of Scripture - the holy texts at the centre of all religious traditions - may not be immediately obvious in our secular world but its misunderstanding is perhaps the root cause of most of today's controversies over religion. In this timely and important book, one of the world's leading commentators on religious affairs examines the meaning of Scripture. Today holy texts are not only used selectively to underwrite sometimes arbitrary and subjective views: they are seen to prescribe ethical norms and codes of behaviour that are divinely ordained - they are believed to contain eternal truths.
Main title:
The lost art of scripture / Rescuing the sacred texts / Karen Armstrong.
Author:
Armstrong, Karen, 1944-, author
Imprint:
London : The Bodley Head, 2019.
Collation:
480 pages ; 24 cm
ISBN:
9781847924315 (hbk)
Dewey class:
200.1
Language:
English
BRN:
2811726
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