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Name: The Great Transformation
Rating: 4.5 (8 reviews)
Author: Karen Armstrong
ISBN: 9780375413179

The Great Transformation

The Beginning of Our Religious Traditions

by Karen Armstrong

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First Published:
Mar 1, 2006, 496 pages

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Apr 2007, 560 pages

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- 17th Century or Earlier
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Armstrong is a lucid writer with a knack for synthesizing vast quantities of research. History/Religion

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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