Author: Karen Armstrong

'A rich and subtle exploration of the sacredness of nature, filled with a timeless wisdom and deep humanity' Guardian In this hugely powerful book,...

'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 Bi...

The Bible is the most widely distributed book in the world. Translated into over two thousand languages, it is estimated that more than six billion...

Drawing on a wide range of material - ranging from the spiritual character of the world religions to the findings of contemporary neuroscience - Ka...

There is widespread confusion about the nature of religious truth. For the first time in history, a significantly large number of people want nothi...

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...

St Paul is known throughout the world as the first Christian writer, authoring fourteen of the twenty-seven books in the New Testament. But as Kare...

It is the most persistent myth of our time: religion is the cause of all violence. But history suggests otherwise. Karen Armstrong, former Roman Ca...

As long as we have been human, we have been mythmakers. In A Short History of Myth, Karen Armstrong holds up the mirror of mythology to show us the...