Creating God: The Birth and Growth of Major Religions

This book uses history and archaeology to examine the origins of major monotheistic religions: describing the contexts of times, places and societies where Mormonism, Islam, Christianity, Judaism and Zoroastrianism began. It strips away myths and later traditions to provide a secular account of how these faiths first took root.

Author: Robin Derricourt
Publisher: Manchester University Press
Published: 05/17/2021
Pages: 304
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 1.35lbs
Size: 9.30h x 6.30w x 1.20d
ISBN13: 9781526156174
ISBN10: 1526156172
BISAC Categories:
- Religion | History
- Religion | Antiquities & Archaeology
- Religion | Theism

About the Author
Robin Derricourt is an Honorary Professor of History in the School of Humanities at the University of New South Wales and a Fellow of the Australian Academy of the Humanities. He holds a PhD in archaeology from the University of Cambridge. His previous books include Inventing Africa: History, Archaeology and Ideas (2011), Antiquity Imagined: The Remarkable Legacy of Egypt and the Ancient Near East (2015) and Unearthing Childhood: Young Lives in Prehistory (2018), which received the PROSE Award for Archaeology and Ancient History.