
Karen Armstrong
Nació 14 November 1944
De Worcestershire, England, United Kingdom · Nacionalidad: United Kingdom
Karen Armstrong es una autora y comentarista británica conocida por sus libros sobre religión comparada. Exmonja católica, pasó de una fe cristiana conservadora a una más liberal y mística.
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“I say that religion isn’t about believing things. It’s ethical alchemy. It’s about behaving in a way that changes you, that gives you intimations of holiness and sacredness.”
As quoted in Profile at TEDprize.org 2009En inglés “Deeds that seemed unimportant at the time would prove to have been momentous; a tiny act of selfishness and unkindness or, conversely, an unconsidered act of generosity would become the measure of a human life.”
Muhammad: A Biography of The ProphetEn inglés “It’s not easy to talk about transcendence, just as it’s not easy to play or listen to a late Beethoven quartet … You have to practice quite hard, like you do with any art form. Religion is hard work.”
Ode interviewEn inglés “Human beings are the only animals who have the capacity to envisage something that is not present or something that does not yet exist but which is merely possible. The imagination has thus been the cause of our major achievements in science and technology as well as in art and religion.”
A History of God, Chapter 7En inglés “Muhammad was one of those rare men who truly enjoy the company of women. Some of his male companions were astonished by his leniency towards his wives and the way they stood up to him and answered him back.”
Islam: A Short HistoryEn inglés
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Los libros de Karen Armstrong en orden
Los libros de Karen Armstrong en el orden en que se publicaron, de Through the Narrow Gate (1981) a Sacred Nature (2022).
- 1Through the Narrow Gate
Through the Narrow Gate1981 - 2The Gospel According to Woman
The Gospel According to Woman1986 - 3Holy War
Holy War1988 - 4Muhammad
Muhammad1991 - 5Una historia de Dios
Una historia de Dios1993 - 6Jerusalén
Jerusalén1996 - 7Buda
Buda2000 - 8El Islam
El Islam2000 - 9The Battle for God
The Battle for God2000 - 10The Changing Face of God
The Changing Face of God2000 - 11Francis of Assisi
Francis of Assisi2001 - 12The Spiral Staircase
The Spiral Staircase2004 - 13A Short History of Myth
A Short History of Myth2005 - 14The Great Transformation
The Great Transformation2006 - 15Sacred
Sacred2007 - 16The Bible
The Bible2007 - 17The Case for God
The Case for God2009 - 18Twelve Steps to a Compassionate Life
Twelve Steps to a Compassionate Life2011 - 19Fields of Blood
Fields of Blood2014 - 20St. Paul
St. Paul2015 - 21Hz.Muhammed
Hz.Muhammed2017 - 22Tanri'nin Tarihi
Tanri'nin Tarihi2017 - 23The Lost Art of Scripture
The Lost Art of Scripture2019 - 24Sacred Nature
Sacred Nature2022