Karen Armstrong

Karen Andersen Armstrong (Wildmoor, 14. 11. 1944. – ), engleska autorica knjiga na temu komparativne religije i međureligijskog dijaloga, široko priznata kao jedan od vodećih komentatora tih disciplina u Ujedinjenom Kraljevstvu.

Karen Armstrong
RođenjeKaren Andersen Armstrong
14. 11. 1944. (1944-11-14) (dob: 80)
Wildmoor, Worcestershire, Engleska, UK
Državljanstvobritansko
Alma materUniverzitet u Oxfordu
Zanimanjespisateljica, profesorica

Biografija

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Armstrong je rođena 1944. u engleskom naselju Wildmoor, u katoličkoj porodici irskog porijekla koja se nakon njenog rođenja preselila prvo u Bromsgrove, a zatim u Birmingham. Sa 17 godina ušla je u redovničku službu, no napustila ju je sedam godina kasnije za vrijeme studija engleske književnosti na Univerzitetu u Oxfordu. Akademsku karijeru započela je predavajući književnost na Univerzitetu u Londonu, a kasnije je predavala i na rabinskom Koledžu Leo Baeck. Tokom 1980-ih objavila je niz knjiga o kršćanstvu, dok od 1990-ih piše i o islamu, judaizmu i drugim religijama. Na njen opus snažan utjecaj imali su protestantski akademik Wilfred Cantwell Smith i katolički filozof Bernard Lonergan. Armstrong je dobitnica višestrukih nagrada i priznanja, uključujući počasne doktorate s Univerziteta Aston (2006), St Andrews (2011) i McGill (2014). Godine 2015. odlikovana je i Redom Britanskog Carstva (OBE).

Monografije
  • Through the Narrow Gate (1981), New York: St Martin's Press, ISBN 9780312803834
  • The First Christian: Saint Paul's Impact on Christianity (1983), London: Pan, ISBN 9780330281614
  • Beginning the World (1983), New York: St. Martin's Press, ISBN 9780312071813
  • Tongues of Fire: An Anthology of Religious and Poetic Experience (1985), Harmondsworth; New York: Viking, ISBN 9780670808786
  • The Gospel According to Woman: Christianity's Creation of the Sex War in the West (1986), Garden City: Anchor Press, ISBN 9780385240789
  • Holy War: The Crusades and their Impact on Today's World (1988), London: Macmillan, ISBN 9780333445440
  • Muhammad: A Biography of the Prophet (1991), London: Victor Gollancz, ISBN 9780575062443
  • The English Mystics of the Fourteenth Century (1991), London: Kyle Cathie, ISBN 9781856260237
  • The End of Silence: Women and the Priesthood (1993), London: Fourth Estate, ISBN 9781857021455
  • A History of God (1993), New York: Alfred A. Knopf, ISBN 9780679426004
  • Jerusalem: One City, Three Faiths (1996), New York: Alfred A. Knopf, ISBN 9780679435969
  • In the Beginning: A New Interpretation of Genesis (1996), New York: Alfred A. Knopf, ISBN 9780679450894
  • Islam: A Short History (2000), New York: Modern Library, ISBN 9780679640400
  • The Battle for God: Fundamentalism in Judaism, Christianity and Islam (2000), New York: Alfred A. Knopf, ISBN 9780679435976
  • Buddha (2001), New York: Viking, ISBN 9780670891931
  • Faith After 11 September (2002), Maastricht: Studium Generale Maastricht, ISBN 9789080719118
  • The Spiral Staircase: My Climb Out of Darkness (2004), New York; Toronto: Alfred A. Knopf, ISBN 9780375413186
  • A Short History of Myth (2005), Edinburgh; New York: Canongate, ISBN 9781841956442
  • Muhammad: A Prophet For Our Time (2006), New York: Atlas Books/HarperCollins, ISBN 9780060598976
  • The Great Transformation: The Beginning of Our Religious Traditions (2006), ISBN 9780375413179
  • The Bible: A Biography (2007), New York: Atlantic Monthly Press, ISBN 9780871139696
  • The Case for God (2009), New York: Alfred A. Knopf, ISBN 9780307269188
  • Twelve Steps to a Compassionate Life (2010), New York: Alfred A. Knopf, ISBN 9780307595591
  • A Letter to Pakistan (2011), New York: Oxford University Press, ISBN 9780199063307
  • Fields of Blood: Religion and the History of Violence (2014), London: The Bodley Head, ISBN 9781847921864
  • St. Paul: The Apostle We Love to Hate (2015), Boston: New Harvest, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, ISBN 9780544617391

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