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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.
- British
- St Anne's College, Oxford
- Writer
- 14 November 1944 (age 78), Wildmoor, Worcestershire, England
May 2, 2024 · 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).
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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...
Karen Armstrong. Religious scholar. Charter for Compassion @TheCharter @KarenAnchorite. TED Speaker. Karen Armstrong — winner of the 2008 TED Prize — is a provocative, original thinker on the role of religion in the modern world. Why you should listen.
Sep 21, 2009 · Twenty-seven years and more than 20 books later — including the best-selling A History of God — Armstrong releases her latest book, The Case for God. In it, she argues that religion is a ...
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Oct 2, 2010 · Karen Armstrong: The compassionate face of religion. The former nun's writing and theories about God and belief upset some, but she numbers the Dalai Lama and Desmond Tutu among her fans. I n...
Karen Armstrong has 102 books on Goodreads with 425163 ratings. Karen Armstrong’s most popular book is A History of God: The 4,000-Year Quest of Judaism,...
