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Karen Armstrong, a comparative religion specialist is the author of numerous books on religion, including The Case for God, A History of God, The Battle for God, Holy War, Islam, Buddha, and Fields of Blood, as well as a memoir, The Spiral Staircase. Her work has been translated into 45 languages. In 2008 she was awarded the TED Prize and began working with TED on the Charter for Compassion, created online by the general public, crafted by leading thinkers in Judaism, Christianity, Islam, Hinduism, Buddhism, and Confucianism. It was launched globally in the fall of 2009. Also in 2008, she was awarded the Franklin D. Roosevelt Four Freedoms Medal. In 2013, she received the British Academy’s inaugural Nayef Al-Rodhan Prize for Trans cultural Understanding.
Restoring Our Ancient Bond with the Natural World
2022
Vintage Minis
2019
Rescuing the Sacred Texts
2019
2018
The Apostle We Love to Hate
2015
Religion and the History of Violence
2014
2011
2010
2007
2006
The Beginning of Our Religious Traditions
2006
A Prophet for Our Time
2006
2005
2005
My Climb Out of Darkness
2004
2001
2001
A Short History
2000
2000
A New Interpretation of Genesis
1996
One City, Three Faiths
1996
1995
Four Medieval Mystics and Their Writings
1994
1993
A Biography of the Prophet
1991
The Crusades and Their Impact on Today's World
1988
Christianity's Creation of the Sex War in the West
1986
Saint Paul's Impact on Christianity
1983
1983
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