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Karen Armstrong
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born
in Wildmoor, Worcestershire, The United Kingdom
November 14, 1944
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A History of God: The 4,000-Year Quest of Judaism, Christianity, and Islam
— published 1994 — 39 editions |
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The Spiral Staircase: My Climb Out of Darkness
— published 2003 — 17 editions |
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The Battle for God: A History of Fundamentalism
— published 2000 — 14 editions |
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Islam: A Short History
— published 2000 — 29 editions |
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The Case for God
— published 2009 — 25 editions |
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Muhammad
— published 1991 — 18 editions |
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Buddha
— 16 editions |
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A Short History of Myth
— published 2005 — 41 editions |
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The Great Transformation: The Beginning of Our Religious Traditions
— published 2006 — 28 editions |
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Through the Narrow Gate, Revised: A Memoir of Spiritual Discovery
— published 1981 — 12 editions |
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“If your understanding of the divine made you kinder, more empathetic, and impelled you to express sympathy in concrete acts of loving-kindness, this was good theology. But if your notion of God made you unkind, belligerent, cruel, of self-righteous, or if it led you to kill in God's name, it was bad theology. ”
― Karen Armstrong, The Spiral Staircase: My Climb Out of Darkness
― Karen Armstrong, The Spiral Staircase: My Climb Out of Darkness
“A God who kept tinkering with the universe was absurd; a God
who interfered with human freedom and creativity was tyrant. If God is
seen as a self in a world of his own, an ego that
relates to a thought, a cause separate from its effect. he becomes a
being, not Being itself. An omnipotent, all‐knowing tyrant is not so
different from earthly dictators who make everything and
everybody mere cogs in the machine which they controlled. An atheism
that rejects such a God is amply justified.”
― Karen Armstrong
who interfered with human freedom and creativity was tyrant. If God is
seen as a self in a world of his own, an ego that
relates to a thought, a cause separate from its effect. he becomes a
being, not Being itself. An omnipotent, all‐knowing tyrant is not so
different from earthly dictators who make everything and
everybody mere cogs in the machine which they controlled. An atheism
that rejects such a God is amply justified.”
― Karen Armstrong
Polls
Spotlighted Book Discussion Poll I - October 26, 2011
This is a poll that adds other books to our listing of potential non fiction books to discuss and also helps the moderators determine which one or ones are the most popular. Since we have many more group members than when we first started; voting in the polls is very important. There will be a series of polls. Many of these books have been recommended by group members but were either not selected before nor voted upon before.
Vote for the book that you would most like to read and/or is the book that you believe that would appeal to the most group members.
Note:
We have added some of the books nominated thus far but we have more to add to other polls. However, this poll was getting quite large.
However, if you do not see your favorite book on this list; then just comment or pop me a note and I will immediately add it to this poll.
You can always change your vote at any time; so nothing is lost. There are some books which have been nominated by the same author; however, skip over those if the particular author does not suit you and vote for your favorite or for one you or others might want to read.
Before making your selection, please try to look up your choice and make sure it really is a book you are interested in or you think others would be; do not be lured in by the title. Also, check out the author and what others have said about the book before you (reviewers who you trust). Then of course, make your selection.
And if you do not see your favorite, just contact me and I will add it to the poll.
This is a poll that adds other books to our listing of potential non fiction books to discuss and also helps the moderators determine which one or ones are the most popular. Since we have many more group members than when we first started; voting in the polls is very important. There will be a series of polls. Many of these books have been recommended by group members but were either not selected before nor voted upon before.
Vote for the book that you would most like to read and/or is the book that you believe that would appeal to the most group members.
Note:
We have added some of the books nominated thus far but we have more to add to other polls. However, this poll was getting quite large.
However, if you do not see your favorite book on this list; then just comment or pop me a note and I will immediately add it to this poll.
You can always change your vote at any time; so nothing is lost. There are some books which have been nominated by the same author; however, skip over those if the particular author does not suit you and vote for your favorite or for one you or others might want to read.
Before making your selection, please try to look up your choice and make sure it really is a book you are interested in or you think others would be; do not be lured in by the title. Also, check out the author and what others have said about the book before you (reviewers who you trust). Then of course, make your selection.
And if you do not see your favorite, just contact me and I will add it to the poll.
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