Fields of Blood: Religion and the History of Violence
Format: hardcover
ISBN:
9780307401960 (0307401960)
Publish date: November 4th 2014
Publisher: Knopf Canada
Pages no: 432
Edition language: English
Karen Armstrong’s Fields of Blood will have a reader ask the question, “Is violence endemic to human nature?” From mankind’s early beginnings there was a great struggle for survival. When our ancestors were hunter-gathers they had to hunt and kill their prey. These humans lived through violent pe...
Like several Karen Armstrong books I’ve read, Fields of Blood is so rich with information and ideas that it has years worth of material to reflect on and discuss. Even reading slowly and carefully it felt like I was just skimming its surface, but that was still enough to make me question some of my ...