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Karen Armstrong

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Born: November 13 1944

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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. In 2008 she was awarded the TED Prize and began working with TED on the Charter for Compassion, created online by the general public, crafted by leading thinkers in Judaism, Christianity, Islam, Hinduism, Buddhism, and Confucianism. It was launched globally in the fall of 2009. Also in 2008, she was awarded the Franklin D. Roosevelt Four Freedoms Medal. In 2013, she received the British Academy’s inaugural Nayef Al-Rodhan Prize for Trans cultural Understanding.

Karen Armstrong

3.9/5 ( ratings)

Born: November 13 1944

Website: Go to Website

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. In 2008 she was awarded the TED Prize and began working with TED on the Charter for Compassion, created online by the general public, crafted by leading thinkers in Judaism, Christianity, Islam, Hinduism, Buddhism, and Confucianism. It was launched globally in the fall of 2009. Also in 2008, she was awarded the Franklin D. Roosevelt Four Freedoms Medal. In 2013, she received the British Academy’s inaugural Nayef Al-Rodhan Prize for Trans cultural Understanding.

Books from Karen Armstrong

A History of God: The 4,000-Year Quest of Judaism, Christianity, and Islam

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Islam: A Short History

The Case for God

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The Spiral Staircase: My Climb Out of Darkness

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The Battle for God: A History of Fundamentalism

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Buddha

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A Short History of Myth

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The Great Transformation: The Beginning of Our Religious Traditions

A Time to Keep Silence

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A Delusion of Satan: The Full Story of the Salem Witch Trials

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Nuns and Soldiers

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Twelve Steps to a Compassionate Life

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The Lost Art of Scripture: Rescuing the Sacred Texts

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Muhammad: A Prophet for Our Time

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The Bible: A Biography (Books That Changed the World)

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Muhammad: A Biography of the Prophet

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Buddha

The Lost Art of Scripture

Fields of Blood: Religion and the History of Violence

Inside Islam: The Faith, the People and the Conflicts of the World's Fastest Growing Religion

3.7/5 ( ratings)