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The Age of the Sages

The Axial Age in Asia and the Near East
  • ISBN-13: 9780800699215
  • Publisher: AUGSBURG FORTRESS PUBLISHERS
    Imprint: FORTRESS PRESS
  • Foreword by Mark W. Muesse
  • Price: AUD $62.99
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  • Local release date: 01/08/2013
  • Format: Paperback (229.00mm X 152.00mm) 224 pages Weight: 0g
  • Categories: Comparative religion [HRAC]
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The years 800-200 BCE comprise one of the most creative and influential eras in world history. Karl Jaspers termed this epoch "the Axial Age," to indicate its pivotal importance in the evolution of human thought. The ferment of religious and philosophical activity centered in four distinct regions of civilization: East Asia, South Asia, West Asia, and the Northeastern Mediterranean. Each of these areas witnessed the emergence of several imaginative individuals whose exemplary lives and teachings prompted their followers to create the traditions that led to the birth of the world religions. Zoroaster, Jeremiah, Isaiah, Gautama Buddha, Confucius, Pythagoras, Socrates, Plato, and Aristotle side by side, we are able to see more clearly the questions with which they struggled, their similarities and differences, and how their ideas have influenced religious thought down to our day.
Mark W. Muesse is W. J. Millard Professor in Religious Studies at Rhodes College, Memphis, Tenn. He directs the Asian Studies program, is a long-time Teaching Company lecturer, and is the author of The Hindu Traditions (Fortress, 2011).
"Mark Muesse has created a unique introduction to world religions that delves into the historical phenomenon of the Axial Age and shows in a fascinating comparative perspective how Axial sources still guide us in our effort to live as responsible individuals." Steven Smith Millsaps College
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