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Karen Armstrong

In conversation with Alan Jones

Wednesday, February 27, 2008  |  Herbst Theatre, 8pm

Karen Armstrong is among the world's foremost commentators on religion. A former nun in the Roman Catholic Society of the Holy Child Jesus, Armstrong now defines herself as a "freelance monotheist," drawing from Judaism, Christianity, and Islam. The theologian writes about multiple faiths in her bestselling books, including Muhammad, A History of God, Buddha, The Battle for God, and The Great Transformation. In her critical studies and the memoirs Through the Narrow Gate and The Spiral Staircase, Armstrong's perspective is based on compassion instead of reduction. "It doesn't really matter what you believe as long as it leads you to practical compassion," Armstrong has said. Her most recent book is The Bible: A Biography, a brief study of the sacred text and the centuries of biblical interpretation.

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