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Karen Armstrong’s first book, the bestselling Through the Narrow Gate, described her seven years as a nun in a Roman Catholic order. She has since published numerous bestselling books, including A History of God, Islam: A Short History, Buddha, The Spiral Staircase and most recently The Great Transformation. She is a freelance writer and she lives in London.
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The Battle for God
A History of Fundamentalism
Written by Karen Armstrong
Format: Trade Paperback, 480 pages
Publisher: Ballantine Books
On Sale: January 30, 2001
Price: $15.95
In the late twentieth century, fundamentalism has emerged as one of the most powerful forces at work in the world, contesting the dominance of modern secular values and threatening peace and harmony around the globe. Yet it remains incomprehensible to a large number of people. In The Battle for God, Karen... Read more >
A History of Fundamentalism
Written by Karen Armstrong
Format: Trade Paperback, 480 pages
Publisher: Ballantine Books
On Sale: January 30, 2001
Price: $15.95
In the late twentieth century, fundamentalism has emerged as one of the most powerful forces at work in the world, contesting the dominance of modern secular values and threatening peace and harmony around the globe. Yet it remains incomprehensible to a large number of people. In The Battle for God, Karen... Read more >
The Battle for God
Written by Karen Armstrong
Format: Hardcover, 464 pages
Publisher: Knopf
On Sale: March 7, 2000
Price: $35.00
In the late twentieth century, fundamentalism has emerged as one of the most powerful forces at work in the world, contesting the dominance of modern secular values and threatening peace and harmony around the globe. Yet it remains incomprehensible to a large number of people. In The Battle for God, Karen... Read more >
Written by Karen Armstrong
Format: Hardcover, 464 pages
Publisher: Knopf
On Sale: March 7, 2000
Price: $35.00
In the late twentieth century, fundamentalism has emerged as one of the most powerful forces at work in the world, contesting the dominance of modern secular values and threatening peace and harmony around the globe. Yet it remains incomprehensible to a large number of people. In The Battle for God, Karen... Read more >
Buddha
Written by Karen Armstrong
Read by Kate Reading
Format: Unabridged Audiobook Download
Publisher: Random House Audio
On Sale: January 29, 2001
Price: $15.00
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Written by Karen Armstrong
Read by Kate Reading
Format: Unabridged Audiobook Download
Publisher: Random House Audio
On Sale: January 29, 2001
Price: $15.00
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The Case for God
Written by Karen Armstrong
Format: Hardcover, 432 pages
Publisher: Knopf
On Sale: September 22, 2009
Price: $27.95
Moving from the Paleolithic age to the present, Karen Armstrong details the great lengths to which humankind has gone in order to experience a sacred reality that it called by many names, such as God, Brahman, Nirvana, Allah, or Dao. Focusing especially on Christianity but including Judaism, Islam, Buddhism, Hinduism, and... Read more >
Written by Karen Armstrong
Format: Hardcover, 432 pages
Publisher: Knopf
On Sale: September 22, 2009
Price: $27.95
Moving from the Paleolithic age to the present, Karen Armstrong details the great lengths to which humankind has gone in order to experience a sacred reality that it called by many names, such as God, Brahman, Nirvana, Allah, or Dao. Focusing especially on Christianity but including Judaism, Islam, Buddhism, Hinduism, and... Read more >
The Case for God
Written by Karen Armstrong
Format: eBook, 432 pages
Publisher: Knopf
On Sale: September 22, 2009
Price: $27.95
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Written by Karen Armstrong
Format: eBook, 432 pages
Publisher: Knopf
On Sale: September 22, 2009
Price: $27.95
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The Case for God
Written by Karen Armstrong
Read by Karen Armstrong
Format: Unabridged Compact Disc
Publisher: Random House Audio
On Sale: September 22, 2009
Price: $50.00
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Written by Karen Armstrong
Read by Karen Armstrong
Format: Unabridged Compact Disc
Publisher: Random House Audio
On Sale: September 22, 2009
Price: $50.00
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The Case for God
Written by Karen Armstrong
Read by Karen Armstrong
Format: Unabridged Audiobook Download
Publisher: Random House Audio
On Sale: September 22, 2009
Price: $25.00
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Written by Karen Armstrong
Read by Karen Armstrong
Format: Unabridged Audiobook Download
Publisher: Random House Audio
On Sale: September 22, 2009
Price: $25.00
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The Great Transformation
The Beginning of Our Religious Traditions
Written by Karen Armstrong
Format: eBook
Publisher: Anchor
On Sale: March 28, 2006
Price: $16.00
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The Beginning of Our Religious Traditions
Written by Karen Armstrong
Format: eBook
Publisher: Anchor
On Sale: March 28, 2006
Price: $16.00
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The Great Transformation
The Beginning of Our Religious Traditions
Written by Karen Armstrong
Read by Karen Armstrong
Format: Unabridged Audiobook Download
Publisher: Random House Audio
On Sale: March 28, 2006
Price: $30.00
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The Beginning of Our Religious Traditions
Written by Karen Armstrong
Read by Karen Armstrong
Format: Unabridged Audiobook Download
Publisher: Random House Audio
On Sale: March 28, 2006
Price: $30.00
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The Great Transformation
The Beginning of Our Religious Traditions
Written by Karen Armstrong
Format: Trade Paperback, 592 pages
Publisher: Anchor
On Sale: April 10, 2007
Price: $16.00
From one of the world’s leading writers on religion and the highly acclaimed author of the bestselling A History of God, The Battle for God and The Spiral Staircase, comes a major new work: a chronicle of one of the most important intellectual revolutions in world history and its relevance to... Read more >
The Beginning of Our Religious Traditions
Written by Karen Armstrong
Format: Trade Paperback, 592 pages
Publisher: Anchor
On Sale: April 10, 2007
Price: $16.00
From one of the world’s leading writers on religion and the highly acclaimed author of the bestselling A History of God, The Battle for God and The Spiral Staircase, comes a major new work: a chronicle of one of the most important intellectual revolutions in world history and its relevance to... Read more >
The Great Transformation
The Beginning of Our Religious Traditions
Written by Karen Armstrong
Read by Karen Armstrong
Format: Abridged Compact Disc
Publisher: Random House Audio
On Sale: March 28, 2006
Price: $44.95
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The Beginning of Our Religious Traditions
Written by Karen Armstrong
Read by Karen Armstrong
Format: Abridged Compact Disc
Publisher: Random House Audio
On Sale: March 28, 2006
Price: $44.95
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The Great Transformation
The Beginning of Our Religious Traditions
Written by Karen Armstrong
Read by Karen Armstrong
Format: Abridged Audiobook Download
Publisher: Random House Audio
On Sale: March 28, 2006
Price: $22.48
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The Beginning of Our Religious Traditions
Written by Karen Armstrong
Read by Karen Armstrong
Format: Abridged Audiobook Download
Publisher: Random House Audio
On Sale: March 28, 2006
Price: $22.48
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History of God
Written by Karen Armstrong
Format: Trade Paperback, 496 pages
Publisher: Ballantine Books
On Sale: August 9, 1994
Price: $17.00
Do we need God? Why does God exist? In her provocative response to questions like these, Karen Armstrong traces the development of the idea of one god in Judaism, Christianity and Islam.
For over 4,000 years the idea of a single divine being has existed. In this masterful and illuminating work... Read more >
Written by Karen Armstrong
Format: Trade Paperback, 496 pages
Publisher: Ballantine Books
On Sale: August 9, 1994
Price: $17.00
Do we need God? Why does God exist? In her provocative response to questions like these, Karen Armstrong traces the development of the idea of one god in Judaism, Christianity and Islam.
For over 4,000 years the idea of a single divine being has existed. In this masterful and illuminating work... Read more >
Holy War
The Crusades and Their Impact on Today's World
Written by Karen Armstrong
Format: Trade Paperback, 672 pages
Publisher: Anchor
On Sale: November 27, 2001
Price: $17.00
In 1095, with the tomb of Jesus still in the hands of infidels and the Byzantine empire overrun by Muslim Turks, Pope Urban II summoned Christian warriors to take up the cross and their swords against the Turks and then recover the holy city of Jerusalem from Islam. It was to... Read more >
The Crusades and Their Impact on Today's World
Written by Karen Armstrong
Format: Trade Paperback, 672 pages
Publisher: Anchor
On Sale: November 27, 2001
Price: $17.00
In 1095, with the tomb of Jesus still in the hands of infidels and the Byzantine empire overrun by Muslim Turks, Pope Urban II summoned Christian warriors to take up the cross and their swords against the Turks and then recover the holy city of Jerusalem from Islam. It was to... Read more >
In the Beginning
A New Interpretation of Genesis
Written by Karen Armstrong
Format: Trade Paperback, 208 pages
Publisher: Ballantine Books
On Sale: October 7, 1997
Price: $15.00
Now Karen Armstrong offers a companion book for those who read her compelling, best-selling A History of God. In the Beginning is a provocative new look at the great stories of the Book of Genesis, a commentary on their meaning both historically and in our time. In the Beginning includes both... Read more >
A New Interpretation of Genesis
Written by Karen Armstrong
Format: Trade Paperback, 208 pages
Publisher: Ballantine Books
On Sale: October 7, 1997
Price: $15.00
Now Karen Armstrong offers a companion book for those who read her compelling, best-selling A History of God. In the Beginning is a provocative new look at the great stories of the Book of Genesis, a commentary on their meaning both historically and in our time. In the Beginning includes both... Read more >
Islam
A Short History
Written by Karen Armstrong
Format: Trade Paperback, 272 pages
Publisher: Modern Library
On Sale: August 6, 2002
Price: $14.95
No religion in the modern world is as feared and misunderstood as Islam. It haunts the popular imagination as an extreme faith that promotes terrorism, authoritarian government, female oppression, and civil war. In a vital revision of this narrow view of Islam and a distillation of years of thinking and writing... Read more >
A Short History
Written by Karen Armstrong
Format: Trade Paperback, 272 pages
Publisher: Modern Library
On Sale: August 6, 2002
Price: $14.95
No religion in the modern world is as feared and misunderstood as Islam. It haunts the popular imagination as an extreme faith that promotes terrorism, authoritarian government, female oppression, and civil war. In a vital revision of this narrow view of Islam and a distillation of years of thinking and writing... Read more >
Islam
A Short History
Written by Karen Armstrong
Format: Hardcover, 272 pages
Publisher: Modern Library
On Sale: August 22, 2000
Price: $19.95
Paperback Available August, 2002
No religion in the modern world is as feared and misunderstood as Islam. It haunts the popular Western imagination as an extreme faith that promotes authoritarian government, female oppression, civil war, and terrorism. Karen Armstrong's short history offers a vital corrective to this narrow view. The distillation of... Read more >
A Short History
Written by Karen Armstrong
Format: Hardcover, 272 pages
Publisher: Modern Library
On Sale: August 22, 2000
Price: $19.95
Paperback Available August, 2002
No religion in the modern world is as feared and misunderstood as Islam. It haunts the popular Western imagination as an extreme faith that promotes authoritarian government, female oppression, civil war, and terrorism. Karen Armstrong's short history offers a vital corrective to this narrow view. The distillation of... Read more >
Islam
A Short History
Written by Karen Armstrong
Format: eBook, 272 pages
Publisher: Modern Library
On Sale: December 18, 2007
Price: $14.95
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A Short History
Written by Karen Armstrong
Format: eBook, 272 pages
Publisher: Modern Library
On Sale: December 18, 2007
Price: $14.95
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Jerusalem
One City, Three Faiths
Written by Karen Armstrong
Format: Trade Paperback, 512 pages
Publisher: Ballantine Books
On Sale: April 29, 1997
Price: $18.00
Karen Armstrong shows how Jerusalem has become that defining place for adherents of the three religions of Abraham. In her view, the city has been not only a symbol of God on earth, but is also a deeply rooted part of the Jewish, Christian, and Muslim identity. She traces Jerusalem's physical... Read more >
One City, Three Faiths
Written by Karen Armstrong
Format: Trade Paperback, 512 pages
Publisher: Ballantine Books
On Sale: April 29, 1997
Price: $18.00
Karen Armstrong shows how Jerusalem has become that defining place for adherents of the three religions of Abraham. In her view, the city has been not only a symbol of God on earth, but is also a deeply rooted part of the Jewish, Christian, and Muslim identity. She traces Jerusalem's physical... Read more >
The Spiral Staircase
My Climb Out of Darkness
Written by Karen Armstrong
Format: Trade Paperback, 336 pages
Publisher: Anchor
On Sale: February 22, 2005
Price: $14.95
Karen Armstrong begins this spellbinding story of her spiritual journey with her departure in 1969 from the Roman Catholic convent she had entered seven years before—hoping, but ultimately failing, to find God. She knew almost nothing of the changed world to which she was returning and she was tormented by panic... Read more >
My Climb Out of Darkness
Written by Karen Armstrong
Format: Trade Paperback, 336 pages
Publisher: Anchor
On Sale: February 22, 2005
Price: $14.95
Karen Armstrong begins this spellbinding story of her spiritual journey with her departure in 1969 from the Roman Catholic convent she had entered seven years before—hoping, but ultimately failing, to find God. She knew almost nothing of the changed world to which she was returning and she was tormented by panic... Read more >
The Spiral Staircase
My Climb Out of Darkness
Written by Karen Armstrong
Format: eBook, 336 pages
Publisher: Anchor
On Sale: December 18, 2007
Price: $14.95
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My Climb Out of Darkness
Written by Karen Armstrong
Format: eBook, 336 pages
Publisher: Anchor
On Sale: December 18, 2007
Price: $14.95
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Visions Of God
Four Medieval Mystics and Their Writings
Written by Karen Armstrong
Format: Trade Paperback, 256 pages
Publisher: Bantam
On Sale: November 1, 1994
Price: $19.00
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Four Medieval Mystics and Their Writings
Written by Karen Armstrong
Format: Trade Paperback, 256 pages
Publisher: Bantam
On Sale: November 1, 1994
Price: $19.00
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