As the single work at the heart of Christianity, the world's largest organized religion, the Bible is the spiritual guide for one out of every three people in the world. The Bible is also the world's most widely distributed book. Translated into over two thousand languages, it is estimated that more[...]

Hebrews marks a parting of the ways for Jews and Christians of the first century. It makes a case for the superiority of the new Christian 'faith' over old Hebrew orthodoxy and draws on the Old Testament for precedents for Jesus's ministry and to paint a picture of Jesus. With an introduction by Kar[...]

The war years, the loss of territory, the resettlement of the Karelian population, and the reparations paid to the Allied Forces, were experiences shared by most people living in Finland between 1939 and the late 1950s. Using a family's memoirs, the author shows how these traumatic events affected p[...]

An investigation into the history of myth, this book takes us from the Palaeolithic period and the mythology of the hunters to the 'Great Western Transformation'. It shows us that the history of myth is the history of humanity, and our stories and beliefs, our curiosity and attempts to understand th[...]

In the public mind, Islam is a religion of extremes: it is the world's fastest growing faith; more than three-quarters of the world's refugees are Islamic; it has produced government by authoritarian monarchies in Saudi Arabia and ultra-republicans in Iran. Whether we are reading about civil war in [...]

From the Jewish practice of Midrash and the Christian cult of Jesus; to the influence of Paul's letters on the Reformation and the manipulation of Revelations by Christian fundamentalism, the author explores the contexts in which these sixty-six books were understood and explains the social needs th[...]

Drawing on a wide range of material - ranging from the spiritual character of the world religions to the findings of contemporary neuroscience - Karen Armstrong argues that compassion is hardwired into our brains, yet is constantly pushed back by our more primitive instincts for selfishness and surv[...]

Er den moderne Gud blevet utroværdig? Har Gud nogen fremtid i forhold til nutidens videnskabelige rationalisme? I denne bog viser Karen Armstrong, at vi ved kreativ brug af fortidens indsigter kan opbygge en tro, der taler direkte ind i vor polariserede nutid.

Karen Armstrong modtog i 2008 F[...]

Varför har Gud blivit så svår att tro på? Karen Armstrong tar historien till hjälp för att besvara frågorna vad det

är som talar för Gud och vad religion egentligen handlar om. Hon menar att det har uppstått en klyfta mellan religion och vetenskap, orsakad av att vetenskapen har[...]

This book is about how to give outstanding feedback to patients, their family members, and other professionals. Effective feedback sessions have the potential to help patients understand their neurocognitive syndromes in the larger context of their real world environments and in a manner that positi[...]