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Karen Armstrong OBE FRSL (born 14 November 1944) is a British author and commentator of Irish Catholic descent known for her books on comparative religion. A former Roman Catholic religious sister, she went from a conservative to a more liberal and mystical Christian faith.
Sep 8, 2022 · The Novel That Made Karen Armstrong Quit Her Reading Group. “There was an upsetting aura of righteousness in the room” when the group read Iris Murdoch’s “A Fairly Honourable Defeat ...
Karen Armstrong, English author of books on religion who was widely regarded as one of the leading commentators on the subject. Her books included The Gospel According to Woman (1986), Muhammad (1991), A History of God (1993), and The Lost Art of Scripture (2019).
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Karen Armstrong is a prolific author and thinker on faith and the major religions, and the founder of the Charter for Compassion movement. She won the 2008 TED Prize and used it to create a document based on the Golden Rule, signed by world leaders and activists.
May 31, 2019 · A beautiful little girl, Karen had DIPG but doctors at the time weren’t able to tell. Fondly called “Muffie,” many say that she was one of the reasons why her father, Neil Armstrong, became the first man to step foot on the Moon in 1969, five years after Muffie’s death.
Sep 21, 2009 · A former nun, Karen Armstrong left her convent in the late 1960s, and for 13 years she distanced herself from organized religion. She ended up working in television, and on an assignment in...
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Jan 6, 2020 · Former Catholic sister Karen Armstrong describes herself as a freelance monotheist. She focuses on the sounds, rituals and power of scripture, all of which she fears is endangered in our secular...
