Karen Armstrong
Academic and Author
Compassion pact invokes Golden Rule...scourges that beset humanity, such as hatred, tyranny, poverty, war and even global warming. The idea for the project came from Karen Armstrong, a provocative former English nun who writes books on the common tenets different religions... In this article: Karen Armstrong, Islam, Judaism, Christianity, Anglican, Global warming, and Dalai Lama |
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Washington Times | 5 days ago
BOOK REVIEW: A civil conversation about religion
Controversy over God grates on the ear of ex-Roman Catholic nun and prolific author Karen Armstrong. She wearies of the demand for certainties. She prefers talking and listening. "It is perhaps time," she declares in her newest book, "to...
In this article: God, Richard Dawkins, Anglican, Ghazzali, Thomas Aquinas, Maimonides, Karl Popper, and William Murchison
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The Australian | November 19, 2009
Rasheed Memorial Trust Backs Compassion Charter
...an informed empathy with the suffering of all human beings "even those regarded as enemies." The Charter is the brainchild of Dr Karen Armstrong, a former British nun who won the $100,000 TED Prize in 2008 to grant "one wish to change the...
In this article: Judaism, Christianity, Islam, Carbon, and New Zealand
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Fast Company | November 13, 2009
TED Winner Pens Multiculti Charter for Compassion, Celebrations Follow.
BY Ariel SchwartzFri Nov 13, 2009 at 1:09 PM When Karen Armstrong, an author and former Catholic nun, won the 2008 TED Prize, she made a TED wish worthy of Mother Theresa: that a Charter of Compassion be drawn up with help from leading...
In this article: TED, Judaism, Christianity, Islam, Dalai Lama, Mother Theresa, and Dave Eggers
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Chicago Sun-Times | November 13, 2009
We have a choice: to be right -- or compassionate
Compassion is, by one definition, "a deep awareness and sympathy for another's suffering." Karen Armstrong, the former Roman Catholic nun and one of the foremost writers on religion of our generation, in launching what she and Archbishop...
In this article: Jesus Christ, Judaism, TED, Desmond Tutu, Christianity, Islam, Roman Catholic, and Confucius
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True/Slant | November 12, 2009
Today, TED and Karen Armstrong unveil the Charter for Compassion
Today, TED and Karen Armstrong unveil the "Charter for Compassion" Today, TED and Karen Armstrong unveil the 'Charter for Compassion' Today is a very special day for those who cherish the idea of compassion. 172 events and almost 30,000...
In this article: TED, Christianity, Islam, Judaism, God, and Confucius
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PR Newswire: Multicultural News | November 12, 2009
International Charter for Compassion Launches to Promote The Golden Rule
...New Products & Services, Religion, Not For Profit International Charter for Compassion Launches to Promote The Golden Rule Karen Armstrong, author of "The Case for God" Joins with Multi-national Council of Religious Leaders to Bring...
In this article: TED, Dalai Lama, and National Press Club
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The Times of India - World | November 11, 2009
To counter hate, a more compassionate world
...TNN 12 November 2009, 01:13am IST WASHINGTON: In more than two decades of studying and writing about world religions, historian Karen Armstrong, author of 'A History of God', 'Faith After September 11', and most recently, 'The Case for God',...
In this article: India, TED, A History of God, Washington, Ideology, Prophet Muhammad, and The Times of India
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National Post | November 08, 2009
Q&A: A conversation with Karen Armstrong, author of 'The Case for God'
She also wrote elegantly about her time as a nun in two memoirs, Through the Narrow Gate and The Spiral Staircase. Ms. Armstrong says religion is more than showing up at a weekly service or being able to rattle off a set of rote beliefs.
In this article: God, Christianity, Cancer, Richard Dawkins, Christopher Hitchens, and The Spiral Staircase
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Daily Kos | November 08, 2009
The Case for Karen Armstrong
If you open Karen Armstrong's new book, The Case for God, expecting to find some list of mysterious cures, scientific curiosities, or certified miracles pointing toward the physical presence of a divine influence in the world, you will be...
In this article: God, Logos, Richard Dawkins, Jesus, Sam Harris, Christopher Hitchens, Stephen Jay Gould, Christianity, and Indiana Jones
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NPR | October 26, 2009
War: God's Conflict?
...the Taliban, and skirmishes in many Arab countries, questions have surfaced about the role of religion in international conflict. Karen Armstrong, author of several books on religion, takes on the topic of God and war in a recent article of...
In this article: God, Foreign Policy magazine, Islam, State Department, Pakistan, Christianity, Buddhist, and Public Radio
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Karen Armstrong MRSL (born 14 November 1944 in Wildmoor, Worcestershire) is a British author of numerous works on comparative religion, who first rose to prominence with her highly successful A History of God. A former Catholic nun, she asserts that "All the great traditions are saying the same thing in much the same way, despite their surface differences." They each have in common, she says, an emphasis upon the overriding importance of compassion, as expressed by way of the Golden Rule: Do not do to others what you would not have done to you.
Author of several books on the Muslim tradition, she has, since the September 11, 2001 attacks, become in demand on the US lecture circuit. In February 2008 Armstrong called for a council of Christian, Muslim and Jewish leaders to draw up a “Charter of Compassion,” which would apply shared moral priorities to foster greater global understanding. Her interfaith initiative was awarded the $100,000 TED Prize, backed by an international conference of leading figures in the fields of design, entertainment and technology.
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