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The Age of the Sages: The Axial Age in Asia and the Near East
Author(s): Mark W. Muesse (Author)
- Publisher: Fortress Press
- Publication Date: 1 Aug. 2013
- Language: English
- Print length: 224 pages
- ISBN-10: 0800699211
- ISBN-13: 9780800699215
Book Description
By setting traditions and thinkers such as Zoroaster, Gautama Buddha, and Confucius and others 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.
Editorial Reviews
Review
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
About the Author
Mark W. Muesse is the W. J. Millard Professor in Religious Studies at Rhodes College in Memphis, Tennessee. Muesse directs the Asian Studies program,is a longtime Teaching Company lecturer, and is the author of The Hindu Traditions (Fortress, 2011).
