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Karen Armstrong
Karen Armstrong is a British author and commentator known for her books on comparative religion. A former Roman Catholic religious sister, she went from a conservative to a more liberal and mystical Christian faith. She attended St Anne's College, Oxford, while in the convent and graduated in English. She left the convent in 1969. Her work focuses on commonalities of the major religions, such as t…
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culture · English author (born 1944) · theologian · writer · university teacher · Islamicist · historian of religion · religious studies scholar · also Karen Armstrong, Armstrong
Born 14 November 1944 · Q256548
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2017· 2 entries
Awarded Princess of Asturias Award for Social Sciences (2017).
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Armstrong was bestowed Princess of Asturias award in recognition of her investigations into world religions
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2013· 1 entry
Was awarded the Nayef Al-Rodhan Prize for Global Cultural Understanding by the British Academy "in recognition of her body of work that has made a significant contribution to understanding the elements of overlap and
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2009· 1 entry
Awarded Dr. Leopold Lucas Prize (2009).
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2008· 2 entries
Awarded TED Prize (2008).
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“Karen Armstrong Joins Pangea Day!”
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2007· 1 entry
The Islamic Religious Council of Singapore invited Armstrong to deliver the MUIS Lecture
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2005· 1 entry
Awarded Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature (2005).
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2004· 1 entry
For her "profound understanding of religious traditions and their relation to the divine
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1999· 1 entry
Armstrong received the Muslim Public Affairs Council's Media Award
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1996· 1 entry
Published Jerusalem: One City, Three Faiths
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1984· 2 entries
The British Channel Four commissioned her to write and present a television documentary on the life of St
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“I say that religion isn’t about believing things. It’s ethical alchemy. It’s about behaving in a way that changes you, that gives you intimations of holiness and sacredness.”
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1982· 1 entry
As Through the Narrow Gate to excellent reviews
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1976· 1 entry
Armstrong took a job teaching English at James Allen's Girls' School in Dulwich while working on a memoir of her convent experiences
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1969· 1 entry
Armstrong left her order in 1969 while still a student at Oxford.
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1962· 1 entry
At the age of 17, she became a member of the Sisters of the Holy Child Jesus, a teaching congregation, in which she remained for seven years
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1944· 1 entry
Born 1944-11-14.
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1941· 1 entry
As essential to democracy: freedom of speech and of worship, freedom from want and from fear
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