Karen Armstrong: Religion, Kartoniert / Broschiert
Religion
- Vintage Minis
(if available from our supplier)
- Publisher:
- Vintage Publishing, 10/2019
- Binding:
- Kartoniert / Broschiert
- Language:
- Englisch
- ISBN-13:
- 9781784875695
- Item number:
- 9482203
- Volume:
- 128 Pages
- Weight:
- 89 g
- Format:
- 178 x 110 mm
- Thickness:
- 9 mm
- Release date:
- 3.10.2019
- Series:
- Vintage Minis
- Note
-
Caution: Product is not in German language
Blurb
'Because "God" is infinite, nobody can have the last word'
What is this thing, religion, supposedly the cause of bloodshed and warring for centuries? What is 'God' and do we need 'Him' in our modern world? Karen Armstrong looks again at these questions in a refreshing and startling way. God is not to be 'believed in' as a child believes in Santa Claus; religion is not a story to be proven true or false, but a discipline akin to music or art that answers a deeply human need, and can teach us to discover new capacities of mind and heart.
Selected from A Case for God, Fields of Blood and The Lost Art of Scripture
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Biography
Karen Armstrong, geboren 1945 in der Nähe von Birmingham, England, war sieben Jahre lang katholische Nonne, bevor sie 1969 ihren Orden verließ und nach Oxford ging. Die international anerkannte Religionswissenschaftlerin verfasste zahlreiche Bücher zu den wichtigsten Weltreligionen. 'The Battle for God' stand in den USA und Großbritannien monatelang auf den Bestsellerlisten. Armstrong lehrt am Leo Baeck College for the Study of Judaism und wurde 1999 mit dem Muslim Public Affairs Council Media Award ausgezeichnet.
