Karen Armstrong

In the holy city of Mecca, violence of any kind was forbidden. From the moment…

Religion is a search for transcendence. But transcendence isn’t necessarily sited in an external god…

Compassion is not a popular virtue. Very often when I talk to religious people, and…

There are some forms of religion that are bad, just as there’s bad cooking or…

Today mythical thinking has fallen into disrepute we often dismiss it as irrational and self…

Mythology and science both extend the scope of human beings. Like science and technology, mythology…

It’s a great event to get outside and enjoy nature. I find it very exciting…

After I left the convent, for 15 years I was worn out with religion, I…

Compassion is a practically acquired knowledge, like dancing. You must do it and practice diligently…

Zionism was originally a rebellion against religious Judaism and the PLO Charter was essentially secularist…

When violence becomes imbedded in a region, then this affects everything. It affects your dreams…

Every fundamentalist movement I’ve studied in Judaism, Christianity and Islam is convinced at some gut…

Yes, all fundamentalists feel that in a secular society, God has been relegated to the…

Well, logos is science or reason, something that helps us to function practically and effectively…

Ever since the Crusades, when Christians from western Europe were fighting holy wars against Muslims…