DISCUSSION TOPIC: THE AXIAL AGE
Some Questions
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Possible Starting Places
John Wilson, "Roots Of Faith," New York Times, April 30, 2006.
"Author Armstrong On Religious 'Transformation,'" Talk Of The Nation, NPR, March 28, 2006.
Axial Age In The News
"Karen Armstrong On The Prophets Who Emerged A Great Age Of Spiritual Insight," Sunday Times, March 12, 2006.
Articles
John D. Mayer, "Why Did People Change In The Axial Age?," Psychology Today (June 15, 2009).
Alan Strathern, "Karen Armstrong's 'Axial Age': Origins And Ethics," Heythrop Journal, 50 (March 2009): 293-299.
Karen Armstrong, "What's God Got To Do With It," New Statesman, 135 (April 10, 2006): 34-35.
Web-Sites
Axial Age -- Wikipedia: An entry from the on-line encyclopedia.
Axial Age And Its Consequences For Subsequent History And The Present: The web-site for a July3-5, 2008 conference in Erfurt, Germany.
Lecture On The Idea Of Axial Age, Introduction: Lecture notes from Stephen T. Chan from his TRST 267 course at Seattle University.
Lecture On The Idea Of Axial Age -- Comparison And Critique: The second section of Dr. Chan's lecture notes.
Religions Of The Axial Age -- An Approach To The World's Religions: The homepage for the Mark Muesse's Teaching Company's course on The Axial Age.