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.