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The Great Transformation by Karen Armstrong

The Great Transformation

The Beginning of Our Religious Traditions

by Karen Armstrong
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  • Mar 1, 2006, 496 pages
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  • Apr 2007, 560 pages
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Armstrong is a lucid writer with a knack for synthesizing vast quantities of research. History/Religion

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This review was originally published in The BookBrowse Review in May 2006, and has been updated for the April 2007 edition. Click here to go to this issue.

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