Through the Narrow Gate

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Through the Narrow Gate is Karen Armstrong’s memoir about her early years in a Catholic convent and her struggle with faith and religious life.

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instanceOf book ⓘ
memoir ⓘ
about Karen Armstrong’s experience as a nun ⓘ
relationship between individual conscience and religious authority ⓘ
struggle with faith and doubt ⓘ
author Karen Armstrong ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United Kingdom ⓘ
followsAuthorLifeStage early adulthood ⓘ
genre autobiography ⓘ
memoir ⓘ
hasSequel The Spiral Staircase ⓘ
language English ⓘ
literaryForm non-fiction ⓘ
mainCharacter Karen Armstrong ⓘ
narrativePerspective first-person ⓘ
notableFor candid portrayal of convent life after Vatican II ⓘ
critical reflection on Catholic religious formation ⓘ
publicationYear 1981 ⓘ
setting Catholic convent ⓘ
settingPeriod mid-20th century ⓘ
subject Catholic convent life ⓘ
Roman Catholicism ⓘ
surface form: Catholicism

faith ⓘ
religious life ⓘ
spiritual struggle ⓘ
theme conflict between personal identity and religious vocation ⓘ
critique of institutional religion ⓘ
leaving religious life ⓘ
psychological impact of religious discipline ⓘ
search for God ⓘ

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The Spiral Staircase → followsWork → Through the Narrow Gate ⓘ