Subscribe to this journal recommend to your library need help. Former nun and a history of god iconoclast armstrong delves deeply once again into the often violent histories of judaism, christianity and islam, this time. Protestant fundamentalism in merican, jewish fundamentalism in israel, and islamic fundamentalism in egypt and iranexploring how each has developed its own unique way of resisting the assaults of modernity. In 1969, after seven years as a roman catholic nun hoping, but ultimately failing, to find god armstrong left her. Deep sleep music 247, calm music, insomnia, sleep music, meditation, spa, relax, study, sleep yellow brick cinema relaxing music 3,817 watching live now. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading the battle for god.
In our supposedly secular age governed by reason and technology. She spent seven years as a roman catholic nun, took a degree at oxford university, teaches at leo baeck college for the study of judaism, and received the 1999 muslim public affairs council media award. In our supposedly secular age governed by reason and technology, fundamentalism has emerged as an overwhelming force in every major world religion. In this stunningly intelligent book, karen armstrong, one of britains foremost commentators on religious affairs, traces the history of how men and women have perceived and experienced god, from the time of abraham to the present. The battle for god the free library of philadelphia. Chapter 5 how does armstrong connect the rise of religious fundamentalism to the experience of modernity, particularly as evidenced in the 19th and twentieth centuries first two paragraphs. Armstrong focuses here on three fundamentalist movements.
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In 1969, after seven years as a roman catholic nun hoping, but ultimately failing, to find god armstrong left her convent. Yet it remains incomprehensible to a large number of people. It was carter, a born again christian, who first galvanized fundamentalist christians. The battle for god by karen armstrong, paperback barnes. Christian fundamentalists reject the discoveries of biology and physics about the origins of life and insist that the book of genesis is scientifically sound. Karen armstrong, the battle for god fundamentalism. Christian fundamentalists reject the discoveries of biology and physics about the origins of life and insist that the. The battle for god by karen armstrong used very good. As in her justly acclaimed a history of god 1993, she has written a.
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