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Karen Armstrong OBE FRSL (born 14 November 1944) is a British author and commentator of Irish Catholic descent known for her books on comparative religion. A former Roman Catholic religious sister , she went from a conservative to a more liberal and mystical Christian faith.
Karen Armstrong, English author of books on religion who was widely regarded as one of the leading commentators on the subject. Her books included The Gospel According to Woman (1986), Muhammad (1991), A History of God (1993), and The Lost Art of Scripture (2019).
Sep 8, 2022 · The Novel That Made Karen Armstrong Quit Her Reading Group - The New York Times. “There was an upsetting aura of righteousness in the room” when the group read Iris Murdoch’s “A Fairly Honourable...
5x15 hosts Karen Armstrong for a conversation on her powerful new book Sacred Nature - an urgent manifesto and a practical guide on how to rekindle our spiri...
Religious thinker Karen Armstrong has written more than 20 books on faith and the major religions, studying what Islam, Judaism and Christianity have in common, and how our faiths shaped world history and drive current events.
Karen Armstrong in conversation with Henk de Berg from The University ofSheffield on "A History of God", "The Case for God", "Sacred Nature" 23 March 2022.
Sep 21, 2009 · A former nun, Karen Armstrong left her convent in the late 1960s, and for 13 years she distanced herself from organized religion. She ended up working in television, and on an assignment in...
People want to be religious, says scholar Karen Armstrong; we should help make religion a force for harmony. She asks the TED community to help build a Charter for Compassion -- to restore the Golden Rule as the central global religious doctrine.
KAREN ARMSTRONG is the author of numerous books on religious affairs, including The Case for God, A History of God, The Battle for God, Holy War, Islam, Buddha and The Great Transformation, as well as a memoir, The Spiral Staircase.
Karen Armstrong, a comparative religion specialist is the author of numerous books on religion, including The Case for God, A History of God, The Battle for God, Holy War, Islam, Buddha, and Fields of Blood, as well as a memoir, The Spiral Staircase. Her work has been translated into 45 languages.
