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74 produkter
History of God
Häftad, 1999
147 kr
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The idea of a single devine being - God, Yahweh, Allah - has existed for over 4,000 years. But the history of God is also the history of human struggle. While Judaism, Islam and Christianity proclaim the goodness of God, organised religion has too often been the catalyst for violence and …
Great Transformation
The World in the Time of Buddha, Socrates, Confucius and Jeremiah
Häftad, 2007
163 kr
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The centuries between 800 and 300 BC saw an explosion of new religious concepts. Their emergence is second only to man's harnessing of fire in fundamentally transforming our understanding of what it is to be human. But why did Socrates, Buddha, Confucius, Jeremiah, Lao Tzu and others all emerge in …
Muhammad
Biography of the Prophet
Häftad, 2001
156 kr
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A life of the prophet Muhammad by bestselling religious writer Karen Armstrong.'Armstrong has a dazzling ability: she can take a long and complex subject and reduce it to its fundamentals, without over-simplifying' SUNDAY TIMES'One of our best living writers on religion' FINANCIAL TIMES'Not just a …
Bible
The Biography
Häftad, 2015
152 kr
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The Bible is the most widely distributed book in the world. Translated into over two thousand languages, it is estimated that more than six billion copies have been sold in the last two hundred years alone. In this seminal account, Karen Armstrong traces the gestation of the Bible to reveal a …
Fields of Blood
Religion and the History of Violence
Häftad, 2015
4,0 utav 5 stjärnor. Totalt antal röster: (4)
167 kr
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It is the most persistent myth of our time: religion is the cause of all violence. But history suggests otherwise. Karen Armstrong, former Roman Catholic nun and one of our foremost scholars of religion, speaks out to disprove the link between religion and bloodshed.* Religion is as old as …
Sacred Nature
How we can recover our bond with the natural world
Häftad, 2023
155 kr
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'A rich and subtle exploration of the sacredness of nature, filled with a timeless wisdom and deep humanity' Guardian In this hugely powerful book, Karen Armstrong argues that it isn't enough to change our behaviour to avert environmental catastrophe - we must rekindle our spiritual bond with the …
Muhammad
Prophet for Our Time
E-bok, 2009
79 kr
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From the bestselling writer of `The History of God’ and the widely acclaimed `Islam – A Short History’ comes Karen Armstrong's `Muhammad’.Muhammad was born in 570 C.E., and over the following sixty years built a thriving spiritual community, laying the foundations of a religion that changed the …
A History of God: The 4,000-Year Quest of Judaism, Christianity and Islam
Häftad, 1994
276 kr
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Battle for God
Fundamentalism in Judaism, Christianity and Islam
Häftad, 2001
191 kr
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Britain’s greatest religious historian chronicles the rise and rise of fundamentalism.One of the most potent forces bedevilling the modern world is religious extremism, and the need to understand it has never been greater.Focusing in detail on Protestant fundamentalism in the United States, Jewish …
History of Jerusalem
One City, Three Faiths
Häftad, 2005
191 kr
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‘A History of Jerusalem should be read, not only by travellers and potential travellers in Jerusalem, but by all of us.’ Stephen Tummin, Daily TelegraphJerusalem has probably cast more of a spell over the human imagination than any other city in the world.Held by believers to contain the site where …
Short History Of Myth
Häftad, 2018
131 kr
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As long as we have been human, we have been mythmakers. In A Short History of Myth, Karen Armstrong holds up the mirror of mythology to show us the history of ourselves, and embarks on a journey that begins at a Neanderthal graveside and ends buried in the heart of the modern novel. Surprising, …
Lives: Buddha
Häftad, 2002
5,0 utav 5 stjärnor. Totalt antal röster: (1)
147 kr
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'Karen Armstrong has been one of the most persistent and powerful voices in the eminently respectable task of popularising religious scholarship in the anglophone world' GUARDIAN'Her work has a broad sweep and that is extremely important' TLSBuddhism is a faith that commands over 100 million …
Through the Narrow Gate
A Nun’s Story
Häftad, 1997
151 kr
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Through the Narrow Gate is Karen Armstrong’s memoir of life inside a Catholic convent in the 1960’s.With gentleness and honesty, Armstrong takes her readers on a revelatory journey that begins with her decision, at the age of seventeen, to devote her life to God as a nun. yet once she embarked upon …
Spiral Staircase
Häftad, 2005
165 kr
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A raw, intensely personal memoir of spiritual exploration from one of the world’s great commentators on religion.After seven years in a convent, which she left, dismayed by its restrictions, an experience recounted in ‘Through the Narrow Gate’, Karen Armstrong struggled to establish herself in a …
Spiral Staircase
E-bok, 2016
145 kr
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A raw, intensely personal memoir of spiritual exploration from one of the world’s great commentators on religion.After seven years in a convent, which she left, dismayed by its restrictions, an experience recounted in ‘Through the Narrow Gate’, Karen Armstrong struggled to establish herself in a …
Through the Narrow Gate
A Nun’s Story
E-bok, 2014
146 kr
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Through the Narrow Gate is Karen Armstrong’s memoir of life inside a Catholic convent in the 1960’s.With gentleness and honesty, Armstrong takes her readers on a revelatory journey that begins with her decision, at the age of seventeen, to devote her life to God as a nun. yet once she embarked upon …
Battle for God
Fundamentalism in Judaism, Christianity and Islam (Text Only)
E-bok, 2014
120 kr
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This edition does not include illustrations.Britain’s greatest religious historian chronicles the rise and rise of fundamentalism.One of the most potent forces bedevilling the modern world is religious extremism, and the need to understand it has never been greater.Focusing in detail on Protestant …
History of Jerusalem
One City, Three Faiths
E-bok, 2014
137 kr
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Due to the level of detail, maps are best viewed on a tablet.`A History of Jerusalem should be read, not only by travellers and potential travellers in Jerusalem, but by all of us.’ Stephen Tummin, Daily TelegraphJerusalem has probably cast more of a spell over the human imagination than any other …
Battle for God
Fundamentalism in Judaism, Christianity and Islam
Ljudbok, 2020
274 kr
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Britain’s greatest religious historian chronicles the rise and rise of fundamentalism.One of the most potent forces bedevilling the modern world is religious extremism, and the need to understand it has never been greater.Focusing in detail on Protestant fundamentalism in the United States, Jewish …
History of Jerusalem
One City, Three Faiths
Ljudbok, 2020
274 kr
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‘“A History of Jerusalem” should be read, not only by travellers and potential travellers in Jerusalem, but by all of us.’ Stephen Tummin, Daily TelegraphJerusalem has probably cast more of a spell over the human imagination than any other city in the world.Held by believers to contain the site …
Case for God
What religion really means
Häftad, 2010
5,0 utav 5 stjärnor. Totalt antal röster: (1)
155 kr
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There is widespread confusion about the nature of religious truth. For the first time in history, a significantly large number of people want nothing to do with God. Militant atheists preach a gospel of godlessness with the zeal of missionaries and find an eager audience. Tracing the history of …
In the Beginning
A New Interpretation of Genesis
Häftad, 2011
152 kr
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The foundation stone of Jewish and Christian scriptures, the power of the Book of Genesis lies in its stories - Creation, the Fall, Cain and Abel, Noah, Abraham, Jacob and Joseph. These ancient tales illuminate some of our most enduring and profound problems: cowardice, the struggle with evil, the …
Great Transformation
The Beginning of Our Religious Traditions
E-bok, 2006
236 kr
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From Karen Armstrong, the bestselling author of A History of God and The Spiral Staircase , comes this extraordinary investigation of a critical moment in the evolution of religious thought.In the ninth century BCE, events in four regions of the civilized world led to the rise of religious …
Through the Narrow Gate
A Memoir of Life In and Out of the Convent
E-bok, 2010
200 kr
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Available in Canada for the first time since its initial publication in 1981, this is acclaimed author Karen Armstrong’s classic memoir of her life as a young woman in a convent — the precursor to the bestseller The Spiral Staircase . Through the Narrow Gate is Karen Armstrong’s intimate memoir of …
Spiral Staircase
E-bok, 2010
200 kr
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The moving story of her own search for God by the highly-acclaimed author of the bestselling A History of God: The 4,000-Year Quest of Judaism, Christianity and Islam ; The Battle for God: A History of Fundamentalism ; and Islam: A Short History . In 1969, after seven years as a Roman Catholic nun …
