`Because "God" is infinite, nobody can have the last word¿What is this thing, religion, supposedly the cause of bloodshed and warring for centuries? What is `God¿ and do we need `Him¿ in our modern world? Karen Armstrong looks again at...

Twelve Steps to a Compassionate Life

The author of "The Case For God" looks into the use and abuse of holy texts in the modern world, emphasising that there would be less scripture-led arrogance, conflict and violence were they to be taken as something other than truth to...

"Twelve Steps to a Compassionate Life" von Karen Armstrong ist ein Buch, das den Leser auf eine Reise zur Entwicklung von Mitgefühl und Empathie führt. Armstrong schlägt einen praktischen Zwölf-Schritte-Plan vor, um ein mitfühlenderes...

A life of the prophet Muhammad by bestselling religious writer Karen Armstrong - 'One of our best living writers on religion' FINANCIAL TIMES von Armstrong, Karen

A concise, yet comprehensive introduction to the life and thought of the Buddha, written by the bestselling author of "A History of God", which has been translated into thirty languages. von Armstrong, Karen

"Muhammad: A Biography of the Prophet" von Karen Armstrong ist eine umfassende Darstellung des Lebens und der Bedeutung des Propheten Muhammad, der Gründer des Islam. Armstrong bemüht sich, das Leben Muhammads in einen historischen und...

'A History of Jerusalem should be read, not only by travellers and potential travellers in Jerusalem, but by all of us.' Stephen Tummin, Daily Telegraph von Armstrong, Karen

From one of the world's foremost historians and thinkers on religious affairs comes the bestselling history of Islam, "a small gem, bristling with insight and sensitive historical analysis of a misunderstood and much maligned faith"...

Karen Armstrong is one of the world's leading commentators on religious affairs. She spent seven years as a Roman Catholic nun in the 1960s, but then left her teaching order in 1969 to read English at St Anne's College, Oxford. In 1982,...

"Sacred Nature: How We Can Recover Our Bond with the Natural World" von Karen Armstrong ist ein Buch, das sich mit der tiefen Verbindung zwischen Mensch und Natur auseinandersetzt und Wege aufzeigt, wie wir diese Beziehung...

The ancient roots of mythology and its contemporary legacy and centrality to the modern frame of reference are explored in this profound look at the human need for a story. von Armstrong, Karen