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Read or listen to karen armstrong books and audiobooks scribd. Books by karen armstrong author of a history of god. Karen armstrong, complete biographical information. All content included on our site, such as text, images, digital downloads and other, is the property of its content suppliers and protected by us and international laws. Since september 11, 2001, she has been a frequent contributor to conferences, panels, newspapers, periodicals, and other media on both sides of the atlantic on the subject of islam. A former nun, karen armstrong lost her faith while studying at oxford and then spent years trying to build an alternative career as an academic and tv presenter.
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A former catholic nun, she asserts that all the great traditions are saying the same thing in much the same way, despite their surface differences. Through the narrow gate is karen armstrong s intimate memoir of life inside a catholic convent. 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 transformationas well as a memoir, the spiral staircase. One of the most original thinkers on the role of religion in the modern worldauthor of such acclaimed books as a history of god, islam, and buddhanow gives us an impassioned and practical book that can help us make the world a more compassionate place. A scholarly, introspective child, her feelings of social isolation and an overwhelming desire to feel close to god led her to join an austere order as a postulant against her parents wishes. See all books authored by karen armstrong, including a history of god. Available in canada for the first time since its initial publication in 1981, this is acclaimed author karen armstrongs classic memoir of her life as a young woman in a convent the precursor to the bestseller the spiral staircase. Through the narrow gate 1980, an autobiographical account of her seven years as a roman catholic.
Through the narrow gate is karen armstrongs intimate memoir of life inside a catholic convent. Karen armstrong ebooks epub and pdf format karen armstrong ebooks. A former roman catholic religious sister, she went from a conservative to a more liberal and mystical christian faith. Prolific religiousstudies scholar armstrong the spiral staircase, 2004, etc. The rising prince william public library system overdrive. The book of matthew refers to the narrow gate that leads to heaven. Twelve steps to a compassionate life karen armstrong. Armstrong writes of jerusalem as one city, three faiths. The baltimore sun a work of impressive sweep and grandeur. The roman catholic church has changed a great deal since the 1960s when karen was in her convent but, even so, i feel there was less i. The new gate, an online game that trapped its players and turned into a death game, was now releasing the thousands of players that had been dragged into it, thanks to the efforts of shin, one of the most powerful players. With gentleness and honesty, armstrong takes her readers.
With honesty and clarity, she explains what drove her at age. Karen armstrong born 14 november 1944 in wildmoor, worcestershire is a british author of numerous works on comparative religion, who first rose to prominence with her highly successful a history of god. A bit over 2,000 years ago, human civilization was in the midst of whats called the axial age, a critical moment when the worlds greatest religions shaped themselves. Through the narrow gate saskatchewan library consortium. Available in canada for the first time since its initial publication in 1981, this is acclaimed author karen armstrong s. Things are getting desperate for maya and her friends. Through the narrow gate is karen armstrong s intimate memoir.
Karen armstrong is one of the worlds leading commentators on religious affairs, and has been described by the financial times as one of our best living writers on religion. Armstrong is the bestselling author of over 20 books and a passionate campaigner for religious. Karen armstrong frsl born 14 november 1944 is a british author and commentator known for her books on comparative religion. Karen armstrong is the author of numerous books on religious affairs, including the case for god, a history of.
Karen armstrong believes that while compassion is intrinsic in all human beings, each of us needs to work diligently to cultivate. A prophet for our time, armstrong first takes on the definition of jihad, explaining that as opposed to holy war, the term more appropriately describes a struggle all believers must wage on their way to spiritual clarity. Her more recent works include twelve steps to a compassionate life, islam. The distillation of years of thinking and writing about islam, it demonstrates that the worlds fastestgrowing faith is a much richer and more complex phenomenon than its modern fundamentalist strain might suggest. She spent seven years as a roman catholic nun in the 1960s, before leaving for a career as a writer and broadcaster. Through the narrow gate by karen armstrong penguin random. History of god by karen armstrong in djvu, epub, rtf download ebook. She has published numerous books, including a history of god, and in the beginning. Karen armstrong books list of books by author karen.
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