John MacQuarrie
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Mediators is Macquarrie's term for that handful of outstanding human beings who inspired the world's great religions. He provides lucid and readable p
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ortraits of 9 outstanding spiritual geniuses whose visions of God have been and still are among the most powerful factors shaping the lives of billions of people, not only in religion, but in morals, politics, culture -- virtually everything that constitutes human existence. The 9 are: Moses, Zoroaster, Lao-zu, Buddha, Confucius, Socrates, Krishna, Jesus, and Muhammad. In each case, Macquarrie describes a historical figure who had a special relation to God or to Holy Being and who left a body of scripture.
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