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A History of God by Karen Armstrong
$27.95 AUD
Category: Philosophy and Religion
"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 ineradicable p ...Show more
A Short History of Myth (Myth Series) by Karen Armstrong
$23.95 AUD
Category: Philosophy and Religion
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, powerful ...Show more
Buddha by Karen Armstrong
$22.99 AUD
Category: Philosophy and Religion | Series: Lives S.
A superb introduction to the life and thought of a revolutionary spiritual thinker, by a bestselling author.
Fields of Blood - Religion...Violence by Karen Armstrong
$24.99 AUD
Category: History and Politics
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 humanity ...Show more
In the Beginning by Karen Armstrong
$24.95 AUD
Category: Philosophy and Religion
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 ...Show more
Muhammad: Prophet for Our Time by Karen Armstrong
$23.00 AUD
Category: Philosophy and Religion | Series: Eminent Lives
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 course ...Show more
Muhammad : Prophet for our time (Eminent Lives) by Karen Armstrong
$29.95 AUD
Category: Biography
From the bestselling writer of The History of God and the widely acclaimed Islam - A Short History comes another valuable addition to the Eminent Lives Series: Karen Armstrong's Muhammad. Muhammad recognized and seeked to transform a period in seventh-century Arabia, a spirit of the time he named j ...Show more
On The Bible by Karen Armstrong
$24.95 AUD
Category: History and Politics | Series: Ten Books That Changed the World S. | Reading Level: very good
Second-hand, paperback in reasonable condition. Obvious fold on front cover. A ground-breaking explanation of the single most influential text of all time by the world's foremost religious historian. The Bible is the most widely distributed book in the world. Translated into over 2,000 languages, it i ...Show more
Sacred Nature by Karen Armstrong
$38.00 AUD
Category: Philosophy and Religion
An urgent manifesto and a practical guide on how to change our relationship with nature, by one of the world's leading writers on religion and spirituality 'KAREN ARMSTRONG IS A GENIUS' A.N. Wilson In this hugely powerful book, Karen Armstrong argues that if we want to avert environmental catastrophe, i ...Show more
Spiral Staircase by Karen Armstrong
$24.95 AUD
Category: Biography | Reading Level: very good
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 new wa ...Show more
The Battle For God: Fundamentalism in Judaism, Christianity and Islam by Karen Armstrong
$24.95 AUD
Category: Philosophy and Religion | Reading Level: very good
Britain's greatest religious historian chronicles the rise and rise of fundamentalism.
The Case for God - What Religion Really Means by Karen Armstrong
$24.99 AUD
Category: Philosophy and Religion
An essential book for our times: A thoughtful, cultured response to Richard Dawkins. 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. Mlitant atheists preach a gospel of godlessness with ...Show more