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Karen Armstrong, FRSL, OBE, is an English author and former Catholic nun who has written multiple books on the subject of comparative religions, particularly regarding the Abrahamic faiths of Christianity, Judaism, and Islam. Post-9/11, she became an advocate for Muslims and has spoken in front of both the US Congress and the UN regarding religious issues. Upon winning the 2008 TED Prize, she used the opportunity to create the Charter for Compassion, a document around which religious leaders can work together to create peace.

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The Spiral Staircase: My Climb Out of Darkness

Gripping, revelatory, and inspirational, The Spiral Staircase is an extraordinary account of an astonishing spiritual journey. In 1962, at age seventeen, Karen Armstrong entered a convent, eager to meet God.

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Karen Armstrong
2005
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St. Paul

St. Paul is known throughout the world as the first Christian writer, authoring fourteen of the twenty-seven books in the New Testament. But as Karen Armstrong demonstrates in St.

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Karen Armstrong
2016
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The Case for God

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.

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Karen Armstrong
2010
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The Battle for God

In the late twentieth century, fundamentalism has emerged as one of the most powerful forces at work in the world, contesting the dominance of modern secular values and threatening peace and harmony around the globe. Yet it remains incomprehensible to a large number of people.

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Karen Armstrong
2001
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The Bible: A Biography

As the single work at the heart of Christianity, the world’s largest organized religion, the Bible is the spiritual guide for one out of every three people in the world.

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Karen Armstrong
2008
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Visions of God: Four Medieval Mystics and Their Writings

The mystics of the twelfth and thirteenth centuries were, writes Karen Armstrong, like “the astronauts of our own day. They broke into a new religion, blazed a new trail to God and to the depths of the self, a trail far from the beaten pilgrimage paths of Chaucer and Langland.

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Karen Armstrong
1994
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In the Beginning: A New Interpretation of Genesis

As the foundation stone of the Jewish and Christian scriptures, The Book of Genesis unfolds some of the most arresting stories of world literature—the Creation; Adam and Eve; Cain and Abel; the sacrifice of Isaac. Yet the meaning of Genesis remains enigmatic.

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Karen Armstrong
1997
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Jerusalem: One City, Three Faiths by Karen Armstrong

Venerated for millennia by three faiths, torn by irreconcilable conflict, conquered, rebuilt, and mourned for again and again, Jerusalem is a sacred city whose very sacredness has engendered terrible tragedy.

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Karen Armstrong
1997
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Fields of Blood: Religion and the History of Violence

In these times of rising geopolitical chaos, the need for mutual understanding between cultures has never been more urgent. Religious differences are seen as fuel for violence and warfare.

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Karen Armstrong
2015
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Holy War: The Crusades and Their Impact on Today’s World

Karen Armstrong, bestselling author of A History of God, skillfully narrates this history of the Crusades with a view toward their profound and continuing influence. In 1095 Pope Urban II summoned Christian warriors to take up the cross and reconquer the Holy Land.

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Karen Armstrong
2001
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