Explores the ways in which the "idea" and "experience" of God evolved among monotheists--Jews, Christians and Muslims.
The "New York Times" bestselling author of "A History of God" and "The Battle for God" presents a fascinating portrait of the founder of a religion that has changed the course of world history.
神話簡史
Une brève histoire des mythes
En La gran transformación, su obra más ambiciosa, Armstrong traza el apasionante desarrollo de los primeros pasos espirituales del hombre.
Los orígenes del fundamentalismo en el judaísmo, el cristianismo y el islam
La experta en historia de las religiones y Premio Princesa de Asturias de Ciencias Sociales Karen Armstrong, construye en Buda un retrato profundo y original sobre un icono religioso y, al mismo tiempo, sobre un ser humano.
Tanrının tarihi
Entre 900 et 200 av.
Geschiedenis van het ontstaan en de rituele omgang met heilige geschriften in de wereldreligies.
Through the Narrow Gate is a moving account of a young woman’s search for God and the experiences that put Karen Armstrong on her way to becoming one of the most admired and most respected interpreters of religious faith.
Through the Narrow Gate: A Nun's Story
In de raadselachtige verzen van de Daodejing (Het boek van de tao en de innerlijke kracht) wordt de tao de onverwoordbare en onkenbare bron van het zijn dat zich manifesteert in de de, de heilige 'kracht' die elk 'ding'dat bestaat maakt ...
Genom den trånga porten: mina sju år i kloster
Some , for example , have argued that the first chapter of Genesis is a factual account of the beginning of life on earth : they believe that God really did make the world in six days , and that those scientists who maintain that it ...
'KAREN ARMSTRONG IS A GENIUS' A.N. Wilson In this hugely powerful book, Karen Armstrong argues that if we want to avert environmental catastrophe, it is not enough to change our behaviour- we need to learn to think and feel differently ...
Yet today, even as we admire a tree or take in a striking landscape, we rarely see nature as sacred. In this short but deeply powerful book, the best-selling historian of religion Karen Armstrong re-sacralizes nature for modern times.
Yet today, even as we admire a tree or take in a striking landscape, we rarely see nature as sacred. In this deeply powerful book, the bestselling historian of religion Karen Armstrong re-sacralizes nature for modern times.
Vast in scope, impeccably researched and passionately argued, Fields of Blood is more than a corrective to the prevailing view that religion is to blame for most of the bloodshed throughout human history: it is a celebration of those ...
"SPLENDID . . . Eminently sane and patient . . . Essential reading for Jews, Christians, and Muslims alike."--The Washington PostVenerated for millennia by three faiths, torn by irreconcilable conflict,...