Karen Armstrong

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• Listening to – The Bible: A Biography

  
  . . . Damien G. Walter . . . — Authority: 118
  Recently I’ve discovered the non-fiction author Karen Armstrong, via her short book A Brief History of Myth. I found the book fascinating and brilliantly well written. Armstrong is currently in the news for her book The Case for God, which has been vying for position in the bestseller lists with Richard Dawkins The ...
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• Compassion

  
  microclesia — Authority: 107
  The principle of compassion lies at the heart of all religious, ethical and spiritual traditions, calling us always to treat all others as we wish to be treated ourselves. Compassion impels us to work tirelessly to alleviate the suffering of our fellow creatures, to dethrone ourselves from the centre of our world and ...
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• Q&A with Karen Armstrong

  
  Ismaili Mail — Authority: 445
  With the launch of the Charter for Compassion, TED Blog unveiled Karen Armstrong’s responses to the top 10 questions asked and voted on by the TED and Reddit community. She covers the nature of compassion, the history of the conflict in the Middle East, and tough questions such as these: Religion seems to cause ...
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• Charter for Compassion launched – Resources

  
  Ismaili Mail — Authority: 445
  Hear what Professor Ali Asani has to say about the Charter Resources: Website – Twitter – Facebook
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• Charter for Compassion

  
  Sasha Dichter's Blog — Authority: 118
  Beautiful fulfillment of Karen Armstrong’s TED wish. You can get more information and sign and share the charter here .
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• Charter of Compassion: a call to bring the world together

  
  WEBsessed Blog — Authority: 92
  Karen Armstrong is purely brilliant. She knows what matters. Her book “ A History of God: The 4,000-Year Quest of Judaism, Christianity and Islam ” was one of those few books that did change the way I thought of the world and us humans not just religion. After winning the TED Prize ; Karen’s wish was a call ...
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• Charter for Compassion

  
  andylockran's blog — Authority: 111
  The Charter for Compassion is an awesome charter. I wholeheartedly agree with everything that it says, and publish the document under here in the hope that others will read it and affirm their support on the Charter for Compassion Website. The Charter The principle of compassion lies at the heart of all ...
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• Be compassionate

  
  Blogging Religiously — Authority: 125
  I blogged this morning for USA TODAY’S Faith & Reason blog about a new statement calling for—are you ready for this—compassion. It’s true. Author Karen Armstrong, who has written several popular books about religion, and a bunch of religious leaders and celebrities have produced a “Charter for ...
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• love thursday: charter for compassion

  
  chookooloonks blog — Authority: 495
  The lightcatcher I purchased for Alexs nursery in 2003, even before we met her. It has followed her everywhere, and continues to be a fixture in her bedroom . Some time ago, a reader asked me if I would discuss my faith on Chookooloonks -- and you probably notice that I havent.  Its not that I dont have a faith -- ...
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• Time for compassion: The Charter is unveiled today

  
  Niki Cheong — Authority: 470
  I find got wind of The Charter of Compassion when I read a Tweet by Ija ( @spicyguy ) about the videoshoot they were making. Malaysians were invited to stop by a studio to record what compassion means to them to create a viral video to promote Nov 12 – today – when The Charter of Compassion will be unveiled. More ...
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• National Council of Churches takes on nukes, guns and compassion at Minneapolis assembly

  
  Minnesota Independent: News. Politics. Media. — Authority: 678
  Karen Armstrong. Photo: TED.com During their joint General Assembly in Minneapolis this week, the National Council of Churches and Church World Service have a busy agenda: install a new president (a Minnesotan), vote on whether to make the body’s stance on nuclear disarmament an official resolution, and discuss ...
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• Changing Our Habit of Judgment to the Practice of Compassion

  
  Blogs — Authority: 160
  A few days ago, I heard a wonderful interview on the National Public Radio program, "Speaking of Faith." The shows host, Krista Tippett, was talking with Karen Armstrong, a freelance theologian who is known for her passionate interest and scholarly expertise in the field of religion, as well as her down-to-earth way ...
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• How Would Jesus Respond to the Charter of Compassion?: Phyllis Tickle Weighs In

  
  Flirting with Faith — Authority: 116
  When religious scholar and author Karen Armstrong accepted the TED prize in February, 2008, she, like other recipients of the prize, shared a wish for the betterment of society. The former Roman Catholic nun who refers to herself as a...
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• Compassion

  
  Magic of the Ordinary — Authority: 118
  Tomorrow will see the launch of the Charter for Compassion. I posted a link to this a few weeks back, though I am not sure how many MOTO readers clicked The Charter is a project designed to help bring people from all religions  and cultures – including secular folk – together through a commitment [...]
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• TED and Others to Unveil Charter for Compassion

  
  design mind - business. technology. design. — Authority: 584
  TED India just ended, and the TED team is already off to the next exhilarating project. On November 12, 2009, TED and others will be unveiling the Charter for Compassion , a document about the core shared values and moral code of every world religion, the “Golden Rule.” The Charter is the result of 2008 TED ...
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• The Case for Karen Armstrong

  
  Daily Kos — Authority: 805
  If you open Karen Armstrongs new book, The Case for God , expecting to find a list of mysterious cures, scientific curiosities, or certified miracles all pointing toward the physical presence of a divine influence in the world, you will be sorely disappointed.  Armstrong has no interest in, and is in fact completely ...
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• Karachi – Sindh: Nawab Khair Buksh Marri’s Interview – The entire world is open to us, why should we confine ourselves to this country

  
  Indus Asia Online Journal (iaoj) — Authority: 486
  Face to Face “The entire world is open to us, why should we confine ourselves to this country” – Nawab Khair Bakhsh Marri By Amir Zia Interview: Karen Armstrong Interview: Cultures in Harmony The entire world is open to us, why should we confine ourselves to this country – Nawab Khair Buksh Marri By Amir ...
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• Charter for Compassion Trailer

  
  Transmillennial — Authority: 423
  Here is the trailer for the Charter for Compassion -- a project initiated by TED Prize recipient Karen Armstrong . The Charter will be unveiled on November 12, and thousands of people across the spiritual, political, and ethnic spectrum will be gathering to generate compassion. You can find a gathering close to you ...
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• True religion

  
  Jeune Street — Authority: 118
  Ross Douthat can always be counted on to provide an insightful and thoroughly Catholic insight into vexing moral and religious issues. His review of Karen Armstrong’s The Case for God is no different. After lauding Armstrong’s book for most of the review, he ends with putting finger on the weakness of what he ...
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• Doing the Right Thing: 2,500 years of Moral Philosophy in one Blog Post!

  
  Blogs — Authority: 160
  I suppose (or at least hope) that we all want to do the right thing but how do we decide what the right thing really is? We likely all have at least some vague principles that we follow to guide our decision making such as being honest, kind to others (or at least polite), and not stealing. Maybe our ethical ...
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