Karen Armstrong
Author
Pub. Date
2019.
Physical Desc
605 pages ; 25 cm
Description
"Today the Quran is used by some to justify war and acts of terrorism, the Torah to deny Palestinians the right to live in the Land of Israel, and the Bible to condemn homosexuality and contraception. The significance of Scripture--the holy texts at the centre of all religious traditions--may not be immediately obvious in our secular world but its misunderstanding is perhaps the root cause of most of today's controversies over religion. In this timely...
Author
Pub. Date
2022.
Physical Desc
205 pages ; 20 cm
Description
"A profound exploration of the spiritual power of nature-and an urgent call to reclaim that power in everyday life" Since the beginning of time, humankind has looked upon nature and seen the divine. In the writings of the great thinkers across religions, the natural world inspires everything from fear, to awe, to tranquil contemplation; God, or however one defined the sublime, was present in everything. Yet today, even as we admire a tree or take...
4) Buddha
Author
Pub. Date
2001
Physical Desc
xxix, 205 p. : map ; 21 cm.
Description
A world-renouned religious thinker contemplates one of the world's most sacred figures. In a profound blend of biography, religion, history, and philosophy, Armstrong's highly original portrait of the Buddha explores both the archetypal religious icon and Buddha the man.
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2015.
Physical Desc
143 pages ; 22 cm.
Description
"A stirring account of the life of Paul, who brought Christianity to the Jews, by the most popular writer on religion in the English-speaking world, Karen Armstrong, author of The History of God, which has been translated into thirty languages"--