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Because "God" is infinite, nobody can have the last word What is this thing, religion, supposedly the cause of bloodshed and warring for centuries? What is God and do we need Him in our modern world? Karen Armstrong looks again at these question
As long as we have been human, we have been mythmakers. In A Short History of Myth , Karen Armstrong holds up the mirror of mythology to show us the history of ourselves, and embarks on a journey that begins at a Neanderthal graveside and ends buried in t
One of the world's foremost commentators on religious affairs on the history (and destiny) of the world's most misunderstood religion. In the public mind, Islam is a religion of extremes: it is the world's fastest growing faith; more than thre
A raw, intensely personal memoir of spiritual exploration from one of the worlds great commentators on religion. After seven years in a convent, which she left, dismayed by its restrictions, an experience recounted in Through the Narrow Gate, Karen Armstr
The idea of a single devine being - God, Yahweh, Allah - has existed for over 4,000 years. But the history of God is also the history of human struggle. While Judaism, Islam and Christianity proclaim the goodness of God, organised religion has too often b
'Karen Armstrong has been one of the most persistent and powerful voices in the eminently respectable task of popularising religious scholarship in the anglophone world' GUARDIAN 'Her work has a broad sweep and that is extremely important'
'A rich and subtle exploration of the sacredness of nature , filled with a timeless wisdom and deep humanity' Guardian In this hugely powerful book, Karen Armstrong argues that it isn't enough to change our behaviour to avert environmental cat
The Bible is the most widely distributed book in the world. Translated into over two thousand languages, it is estimated that more than six billion copies have been sold in the last two hundred years alone. In this seminal account, Karen Armstrong traces
A life of the prophet Muhammad by bestselling religious writer Karen Armstrong. ' Armstrong has a dazzling ability: she can take a long and complex subject and reduce it to its fundamentals, without over-simplifying' SUNDAY TIMES ' One of our
Et forsvar for den fortryllede natur I størstedelen af menneskehedens historie er naturen blevet opfattet som hellig og vores Gud eller guder blevet betragtet som allesteds-nærværende. Da den vestlige verdens naturvidenskab og filosofi i det 17. århundred
One of the most original thinkers on the role of religion in the modern world--and the bestselling author of such acclaimed books as A History of God, Islam, and Buddha --now gives us a thoughtful, and thought-provoking book that can help us make the worl
A History of Jerusalem should be read, not only by travellers and potential travellers in Jerusalem, but by all of us. Stephen Tummin, Daily Telegraph Jerusalem has probably cast more of a spell over the human imagination than any other city in the world.
Britains greatest religious historian chronicles the rise and rise of fundamentalism. One of the most potent forces bedevilling the modern world is religious extremism, and the need to understand it has never been greater. Focusing in detail on Protestant
'An amazingly wide-ranging book, showing that the world's religious texts can be a force for good today' John Barton, author of A History of the Bible In our increasingly secular world, holy texts are at best seen as irrelevant, and at worst a
A nuanced exploration of the part that religion plays in human life, drawing on the insights of the past in order to build a faith that speaks to the needs of our dangerously polarized age. Moving from the Paleolithic age to the present, Karen Armstrong d
"En af den vestlige verdens mest vise religionskendere, Karen Armstrong, giver håb i en tid, hvor kloden er ved at brænde sammen. For inderst inde ved vi, at naturen er hellig, forsikrer hun og henter dokumentation i alverdens religioner, også kriste
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