Karen Armstrong

Naissance 14 November 1944

Originaire de Worcestershire, England, United Kingdom · Nationalité : United Kingdom

Karen Armstrong est une auteure et essayiste britannique reconnue pour ses ouvrages sur les religions comparées. Ancienne religieuse catholique romaine, elle a évolué d'une foi chrétienne conservatrice vers une foi plus libérale et mystique.

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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 anglais
“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 anglais
“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 anglais
“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 anglais
“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 anglais

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Les livres de Karen Armstrong dans l'ordre

Les livres de Karen Armstrong dans l'ordre de parution, de Through the Narrow Gate (1981) à Sacred Nature (2022).

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