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LIVING WITH THE GODS - NEIL MACGREGOR KARTONIER...

Following the award-winning BBC Radio 4 series  a panoramic exploration of peoples  objects and
beliefs from the celebrated author of A History of the World in 100 Objects and Germany
'Riveting  extraordinary ... tells the sweeping story of religious belief in all its inventive
variety. The emphasis is not on our differences  but on shared spiritual yearnings' Rachel
Campbell-Johnston  The Times  Books of the Year One of the central facts of human existence is
that every society shares a set of beliefs and assumptions - a faith  an ideology  a religion -
that goes far beyond the life of the individual. These beliefs are an essential part of a
shared identity. They have a unique power to define - and to divide - us  and are a driving
force in the politics of much of the world today. Throughout history they have most often been
in the widest sense  religious. Yet this book is not a history of religion  nor an argument in
favour of faith. It is about the stories which give shape to our lives  and the different ways
in which societies imagine their place in the world. Looking across history and around the
globe  it interrogates objects  places and human activities to try to understand what shared
beliefs can mean in the public life of a community or a nation  how they shape the relationship
between the individual and the state  and how they help give us our sense of who we are. For in
deciding how we live with our gods  we also decide how to live with each other. 'The new
blockbuster by the museums maestro Neil MacGregor ... The man who chronicles world history
through objects is back ... examining a new set of objects to explore the theme of faith in
society' Sunday Times

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