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The Case for GodA nuanced exploration of the part that religion plays in human life, drawing on the insights of the past in order to build a faith that speaks to the needs of our dangerously polarized age. Moving from the Paleolithic age to the present, Karen Armstrong details the great lengths to which humankind has gone in order to experience a sacred reality that it called by many names, such as God, Brahman, Nirvana, Allah, or Dao. Focusing especially on
A nuanced exploration of the part that religion plays in human life, drawing on the insights of the past in order to build a faith that speaks to the needs of our dangerously polarized age. Moving from the Paleolithic age to the present, Karen Armstrong details the great lengths to which humankind has gone in order to experience a sacred reality that it called by many names, such as God, Brahman, Nirvana, Allah, or Dao. Focusing especially on Christianity but including Judaism, Islam, Buddhism, Hinduism, and Chinese spiritualities, Armstrong examines the diminished impulse toward religion in our own time, when a significant number of people either want nothing to do with God or question the efficacy of faith. Why has God become unbelievable? Why is it that atheists and theists alike now think and speak about God in a way that veers so profoundly from the thinking of our ancestors? Answering these questions with the same depth of knowledge and profound insight that have marked all her acclaimed books, Armstrong makes clear how the changing face of the world has necessarily changed the importance of religion at both the societal and the individual level. Yet she cautions us that religion was never supposed to provide answers that lie within the competence of human reason; that, she says, is the role of logos. The task of religion is "to help us live creatively, peacefully, and even joyously with realities for which there are no easy explanations." She emphasizes, too, that religion will not work automatically. It is, she says, a practical discipline: its insights are derived not from abstract speculation but from "dedicated intellectual endeavor" and a "compassionate lifestyle that enables us to break out of the prism of selfhood."Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: Anchor Books
Published: 09/07/2010
ISBN: 9780307389800
Pages: 406
Weight: 0.85lbs
Size: 7.90h x 5.20w x 1.00d
Review Citations: New York Times Book Review 10/10/2010 pg. 28
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Formidable outlet layout with usb options.
Clever layout, good space between outlets, it feels sturdy and functional with USB outputs.
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Reviewed in the United States on December 5, 2025
★★★★★ 5
Great product
Size: 6.5 Ft, Color: Black
Mounted to wall for easy slim appearance and love the different outlet/usb options. Long strudy cord length. Surge protector worked great when losing power during storms.
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Reviewed in the United States on April 19, 2026
★★★★★ 4
Useful connector
Size: 6.5 Ft, Color: Black
Works great. No complaints. Helpful indicator light when everything is connected and working properly.
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Reviewed in the United States on February 6, 2025
★★★★★ 5
It holds so many plugs!
Size: 6.5 Ft, Color: Black
I am using this to plug all of my Christmas village pieces in. I haven't used it yet, but it's going to be great to keep the plugs all in one area.
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Reviewed in the United States on August 25, 2025
★★★★★ 5
well designed
I have two of these. The number and orientation of outlets has fit all my needs. I haven't needed the USB's yet, but I'm glad they are there. The thin plug and off-center angle are very useful. One is in use under my three seat power reclining sofa, guitar multi-effects, and a couple lamps are plugged into it.
The other is in a drawer powering the air pump, power filter, lighted hood and heater for the aquarium on top of the dresser it is in.
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Reviewed in the United States on November 7, 2025