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The Battle For God: Fundamentalism in Judaism, Christianity and Islam by Karen Armstrong
22.99 NZD
Category: 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
39.99 NZD
Category: Religion | Reading Level: very good
The enormous popularity of books by Richard Dawkins, Christopher Hitchens, Sam Harris and others shows that despite the religious revival that is under way in many parts of the world, there is widespread confusion about the nature of religious truth. The militant atheism we are witnessing at present is ...Show more
The Case for God - What Religion Really Means by Karen Armstrong
29.99 NZD
Category: 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
The Great Transformation: The World in the Time of Buddha, Socrates, Confucius and Jeremiah by Karen Armstrong
29.95 NZD
Category: History
The centuries between 800 and 300 BC saw an explosion of new religious concepts. Their emergence is second only to man's harnessing of fire in fundamentally transforming our understanding of what it is to be human. But why did Socrates, Buddha, Confucius, Jeremiah, Lao Tzu and others all emerge in this ...Show more
The Great Transformation : the world in the time of Buddha, Socrates, Confucius and Jeremiah by Karen Armstrong
39.95 NZD
Category: History
The centuries between 800 and 300 BC saw an explosion of new religious concepts. Their emergence is second only to man's harnessing of fire, fundamentally transforming our understanding of what it is to be human. First published 2006.
The Lost Art of Scripture by Karen Armstrong
30.00 NZD
Category: Religion
Second-hand, paperback in as new condition. 'An amazingly wide-ranging book, showing that the world's religious texts can be a force for good today' John Barton, author of A History of the Bible In our increasingly secular world, holy texts are at best seen as irrelevant, and at worst as an excuse to ...Show more
The Lost Art of Scripture - Rescuing the Sacred Texts by Karen Armstrong
40.00 NZD
Category: History | Series: Religion | Reading Level: very good
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 - the holy texts at the centre of all religious traditions - may not be im ...Show more
Twelve Steps to a Compassionate Life by Karen Armstrong
37.99 NZD
Category: Religion | Reading Level: very good
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 survival ...Show more