God: A Brief HistoryNot just in words, but in art, dance, music and silence -- this book is the perfect overview for viewing divinity from every perspective. The history of God cannot possibly be told. How can you write the history of One who is outside time and space, and who has no beginning and no end? Nevertheless, the desire to understand and experience the divine is a fundamental human need. For billions of people, through many millennia, the quest to answer the basic questions of existence -- Why are we born? What will happen to us when we die? and how should we live out lives? -- has become a search for God. A Brief History of God explores the myriad ways in which humans have sought connection to the divine from the dawn of history to the present -- not just through religion and philosophy, but in art and literature, in music and dance, and in science. |
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Page 69
... Creator of all things . Brahma , who was believed in Brahmanism to be the Creator , had simply made a mistake : he was the first appearance when this new universe came into being , and he thought that by being first , he must be the ...
... Creator of all things . Brahma , who was believed in Brahmanism to be the Creator , had simply made a mistake : he was the first appearance when this new universe came into being , and he thought that by being first , he must be the ...
Page 247
... creator in whom relationship is of the essence . Relationships are of many different kinds : they may , for example , be of tyranny or of cruelty . That the nature of the relationship constituting God is one of love is known from the ...
... creator in whom relationship is of the essence . Relationships are of many different kinds : they may , for example , be of tyranny or of cruelty . That the nature of the relationship constituting God is one of love is known from the ...
Page 266
... creator , the works of creation will reveal something of the nature and purpose of their creator , just as an artist's work reveals something of the nature and purpose of that artist . How , then , do we begin to know God ? We have to ...
... creator , the works of creation will reveal something of the nature and purpose of their creator , just as an artist's work reveals something of the nature and purpose of that artist . How , then , do we begin to know God ? We have to ...
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Agni Allah appearance Basavanna beauty became become belief Bhakti Bible body Brahman bring Buddha Buddhists called caption century Chinese Christ Christian Church claim created creation dance Daoism death Deity devotion Dharma divine earth emotions essence evil example existence experience expressed faith Father fundamental Ganesha God's Gods and Goddesses Greek Guru Hanuman heart heaven Holy human hymns ibn Arabi important India Ishvara Islam Israel Jesus Jewish Jews Kabir kami king known Krishna Laozi live London Lord mandala manifest mantra means Muhammad Mul Mantra Muslim Nanak nature offered philosopher poet praise prayer prophet Puranas Quran Rama Ramanuja Ramayana Ravana religion religious ritual sacred sacrifice Samkhya seek Shiva Sikhs soul Spirit story Sufis supreme symbols Tamil Temple texts things Tian Torah tradition true truth understanding union universe Upanishads Vedas Vishnu words worship wrote Yahweh