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Karen Armstrong

In conversation with Roy Eisenhardt

Thursday, September 24, 2009  |  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, The Great Transformation and The Bible: A Biography. 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. In her forthcoming book, The Case for God, Armstrong continues her quest for understanding by tracing faith from prehistory to the present and trying to riddle out why, for many in the present age, God has become unbelievable.

Veteran interviewer Roy Eisenhardt practiced law for twelve years in San Francisco and taught at UC Berkeley's Boalt Hall School of Law. He was President of the Oakland Athletics and served as the Executive Director for the California Academy of Sciences.

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