Karen Armstrong

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Karen Armstrong (b. November 14 1944 in Wildmoor, Worcestershire, England) is an author who writes on Judaism, Christianity, Islam and Buddhism. Armstrong is a former nun, now a "freelance monotheist". She has advanced the theory that fundamentalist religion is a response to and product of modern culture. She was born into a family with Irish roots who after her birth moved to Bromsgrove and later to Birmingham.

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November 14, 1944

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The definitive Wikipedia entry for Karen Armstrong. Wikipedia is the biggest multilingual free-content encyclopedia on the Internet.
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In The Battle for God Karen Armstrong sets her own distinctive spin on the term.
jmm.aaa.net.au/articles/2236.htm
Video of Karen Armstrong talking with Robert Wright about <i>Complete Interview</i>. More from Karen Armstrong and other speakers inside.
meaningoflife.tv/video.php?speaker=armstrong&topic=complete
In this program, we hear the story behind Armstrong's own ideas about God.
speakingoffaith.publicradio.org/programs/2004/11/25_armst...
BRIAN LAMB, host: Karen Armstrong, can you remember the first time you were interested in writing about God?
www.booknotes.org/Transcript/?ProgramID=1636
And no one is better versed in those dogmas, or more relentless in her pursuit of any dissenters from them (with a fury that the most ruthless Inquisitor would envy), than Karen Armstrong.
www.frontpagemag.com/Articles/Printable.asp?ID=18732
The Popes words didnt kill these people, violent Muslims did; but that fact, and the inappropriate violence of their reaction, forms no part of Armstrongs calculus.
www.frontpagemag.com/Articles/Printable.asp?ID=24506
Also: Andy Card resigns, Karen Armstrong on world religions, and a proposal for a new Yankee Stadium.
www.wnyc.org/shows/bl/episodes/2006/03/28
World-renowned religious thinker Karen Armstrong provides a fascinating portrait of the Buddha and analyzes what made him pursue a life of spirituality.
smithsonianassociates.org/programs/Armstrong/armstrong.asp