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A NEW YORK TIMES NOTABLE BOOKONE OF THE CHRISTIAN SCIENCE MONITOR'S BEST BOOKS OF THE YEARThe significance of scripture may not be immediately obvious in our secular world, but its misunderstanding is perhaps the root cause of many of today's controversies. The sacred texts have been co-opted by fundamentalists, who insist that they must be taken literally, and by others who interpret scripture to bolster their own prejudices. These texts are ...

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KAREN ARMSTRONG IS A GENIUS' A.N. Wilson'One of our best living writers on religion' Financial Times'Karen Armstrong is one of the handful of wise and supremely intelligent commentators on religion' Alain De BottonIn our increasingly secular world, holy texts are at best seen as irrelevant, and at worst as an excuse to incite violence, hatred and division. So what value, if any, can scripture hold for us today? And if our world no longer seems...

Incil, dünyada dagitimi en yüksek kitaptir. Iki binden fazla dile cevrilmistir ve sadece son iki yüzyilda alti milyardan fazla nüshasinin satildigi tahmin edilmektedir. Karen Armstrong bu temel anlatisinda, yüzyillar boyunca pek cok kisi tarafindan yaratilmis tartismali ve karmasik kitabin perdesini aralamak adina, Incilin izini sürüyor. Armstrong analizine, Ibrani Incilinin, Tanrinin Yehova ve Elohim olarak adlandirildigi en eski kitaplarinda...

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Today the Quran is used by some to justify war and acts of terrorism, the Torah to deny Palestinians the right to live in the Land of Israel, and the Bible to condemn homosexuality and contraception. The significance of scripture may not be immediately obvious in our secular world, but its misunderstanding is perhaps the root cause of many of today's controversies.In this timely and important book, one of the most trusted and admired writers o...

Because 'God' is infinite, nobody can have the last word.'What is this thing, religion, which has supposedly been the cause of bloodshed and warring for centuries? What is 'God' and do we need 'Him' in our modern world? Karen Armstrong, bestselling author and one of the world's leading writers on religious affairs, has a refreshing and startling way of looking again at these questions. God is not a being to be 'believed in' as a child believes...

In our increasingly secular world, holy texts are at best seen as irrelevant, and at worst as an excuse to incite violence, hatred and division. So what value, if any, can scripture hold for us today? And if our world no longer seems compatible with scripture, is it perhaps because its original purpose has become lost? Today we see the Quran being used by some to justify war and terrorism, the Torah to deny Palestinians the right to live in th...

Holy texts were seen as fluid and adaptable, rather than a set of binding archaic rules or a 'truth' that has to be 'believed'. Armstrong argues that only by rediscovering an open engagement with their holy texts will the world's religions be able to curtail arrogance, intolerance and violence.

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From the renowned and bestselling author of A History of God, a sweeping exploration of religion's connection to violence. In these troubled times, we risk basing decisions of real and dangerous consequence on mistaken understandings of the faiths subscribed around us, in our immediate community as well as globally. And so, with her deep learning and sympathetic understanding, Karen Armstrong examines the impulse toward violence in each of the...

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The ancient roots of mythology and its contemporary legacy and centrality to the modern frame of reference are explored in this profound look at the human need for a story.

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This book begins with the international context for health care reform and then moves from coast to coast, setting out what is known about the reforms in health care privatization that are underway and about their impact on women.

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Britain's greatest religious historian chronicles the rise and rise of fundamentalism.