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Books like A History of God
The best books like A History of God are The Case for God, The God Delusion, and The Varieties of Religious Experience. A History of God by Karen Armstrong is about monotheism, theology, religious history. If that's what drew you in, here are 12 books that share its DNA — each summarized on Superbook, and ready to chat with in the app.
- The Case for God
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Karen Armstrong · Religion & Spirituality
The Case for God is Karen Armstrong's argument that the new atheism misunderstands what sophisticated religious believers in most traditions have actually claimed about God.
Shares theology and mysticism with A History of God.
Read the summary → - The God Delusion
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Richard Dawkins · Religion & Spirituality
The God Delusion is Richard Dawkins' comprehensive case against religious belief, published in 2006 as the most high-profile work of the New Atheist movement.
A kindred religion & spirituality read.
Read the summary → - The Varieties of Religious Experience
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The Varieties of Religious Experience
William James · Religion & Spirituality
The Varieties of Religious Experience originated as the Gifford Lectures delivered at Edinburgh in 1901–1902 and immediately became one of the most celebrated works in the study of religion.
Both dig into mysticism.
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- Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind
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Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind
Yuval Noah Harari · History
Sapiens traces the full arc of human history from the emergence of Homo sapiens in Africa roughly 70,000 years ago to the present.
A kindred religion & spirituality read.
Read the summary → - Autobiography of a Yogi
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Paramahansa Yogananda · Religion & Spirituality
Autobiography of a Yogi, published in 1946, is Paramahansa Yogananda's account of his spiritual development in India and his subsequent mission to bring yogic teachings to the West.
Both dig into mysticism.
Read the summary → - New Seeds of Contemplation
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Thomas Merton · Religion & Spirituality
New Seeds of Contemplation is Thomas Merton's revised and expanded version of Seeds of Contemplation, which he published in 1949 when he was still new to monastic life.
Both dig into mysticism.
Read the summary → - The Battle for God
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Karen Armstrong · Religion & Spirituality
The Battle for God is Karen Armstrong's history of religious fundamentalism across Judaism, Christianity, and Islam from the early modern period to the late twentieth century.
Both dig into judaism, christianity, islam.
Read the summary → - The Idea of the Holy
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Rudolf Otto · Religion & Spirituality
The Idea of the Holy is Rudolf Otto's analysis of the non-rational dimension of religious experience — the distinctive quality of encounter with what he calls the "numinous," an experience that cannot be reduced to any moral, rational, or aesthetic category but is the core of what religion is actually about.
Both dig into mysticism.
Read the summary → - The Perennial Philosophy
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Aldous Huxley · Religion & Spirituality
The Perennial Philosophy is Aldous Huxley's anthology and commentary on the mystical traditions of the world, arguing that behind the diversity of religious forms lies a single metaphysical core: the divine ground or ultimate reality is one; the human soul contains a spark of this reality; the purpose of human existence is to realize this identity; and the path to that realization requires ego-transcendence through contemplation, virtue, and love.
Both dig into mysticism.
Read the summary → - Letters and Papers from Prison
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Letters and Papers from Prison
Dietrich Bonhoeffer · Philosophy
Letters and Papers from Prison is a posthumous collection of Dietrich Bonhoeffer's correspondence written during his imprisonment at Tegel military prison in Berlin between April 1943 and October 1944, along with some earlier papers and the poem "Who Am I?" written near the end.
Both dig into theology.
Read the summary → - The Conference of the Birds
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Farid ud-Din Attar · Philosophy
The Conference of the Birds is a twelfth-century Persian allegorical poem by Farid ud-Din Attar in which a vast flock of birds assembles to seek their king, the mythical Simorgh.
Both dig into mysticism.
Read the summary → - The Masnavi, Book One
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Jalal al-Din Rumi · Philosophy
The Masnavi is Jalal al-Din Rumi's masterwork, a six-book poem composed in Persian in the thirteenth century.
Both dig into mysticism.
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Books like A History of God: quick answers
What are the best books like A History of God?
The best books like A History of God by Karen Armstrong are The Case for God by Karen Armstrong, The God Delusion by Richard Dawkins, The Varieties of Religious Experience by William James, Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind by Yuval Noah Harari, Autobiography of a Yogi by Paramahansa Yogananda, plus 7 more below. Each was chosen for themes it shares with A History of God, such as monotheism, theology, religious history.
What should I read after A History of God?
A natural next read after A History of God is The Case for God by Karen Armstrong. Shares theology and mysticism with A History of God. Other strong choices are The God Delusion by Richard Dawkins, The Varieties of Religious Experience by William James, Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind by Yuval Noah Harari.
What books are similar to A History of God by Karen Armstrong?
A History of God centers on monotheism, theology, religious history. Books with a similar feel include The Case for God by Karen Armstrong, The God Delusion by Richard Dawkins, The Varieties of Religious Experience by William James, Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind by Yuval Noah Harari, Autobiography of a Yogi by Paramahansa Yogananda, New Seeds of Contemplation by Thomas Merton — all free to read and chat with on Superbook.
