The Spiral Staircase by Karen Armstrong

The Spiral Staircase by Karen Armstrong

'The Spiral Staircase' is a raw, intensely personal memoir of spiritual exploration from one of the world's great commentators on religious. It grapples with the issue of how we can be religious in the contemporary world, and the place and possibility of belief in the 21st-century.

Praise for The Battle for God: 'The quality of this remarkable book lies as much in its detail as in its sweeping vision' Daily Telegraph'Armstrong displays all her usual talents: she has an eye for colourful evidence, a wonderful gift for clarity of exposition and an unerring sense of pace and voice and narrative' Felipe Fernandez-Armesto, Literary ReviewPraise for The History for God: 'Only those who think they know it all will fail to be fascinated by Armstrong's search for God.' The Economist'Highly readable and ought to be read...Karen Armstong has read widely, has missed nothing, and gives us as solid a purview of the God of the past as it would be possible to find in a book,' Anthony Burgess, Observer'Karen Armstrong is a genius.' A. N. Wilson

Karen Armstrong spent seven years as a Roman Catholic nun and now teaches at the Leo Baeck College for the Study of Judaism and the Training of Rabbis and Teachers. A regular reviewer for the Sunday Times, her books include ‘A History of God’, ‘Holy War’, ‘The Gospel According to Women’, ‘The Battle for God, Islam: A Short History’ and ‘Through the Narrow Gate’. Her work has been translated into forty languages. She is the author of three television documentaries. In 1999 she was awarded the Muslim Public Affairs Council Media Award. Since September 11, 2001 she has been a frequent contributor to conferences, panels, newspapers and periodicals on both sides of the Atlantic on the subject of Islam and fundamentalism. She lives in London.

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ISBN 13	9780007122288
ISBN 10	0007122284
Title	The Spiral Staircase
Author	Karen Armstrong
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Hardback
Publisher	HarperCollins Publishers
Year published	2004-03-01
Number of pages	352
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