Karen Armstrong

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author human religious scholar

Karen Armstrong is a British author and former nun renowned for her influential books on comparative religion and the history of faith.

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	author → human → religious scholar →
almaMater	University of Oxford →
awardReceived	TED Prize →
countryOfCitizenship	United Kingdom →
dateOfBirth	1944-11-14 →
educatedAt	St Anne's College, Oxford →
familyName	Armstrong →
fieldOfWork	comparative religion → history of religion → theology →
givenName	Karen →
hasHonor	Officer of the Order of the British Empire →
hasOccupationHistory	Roman Catholic nun →
knownFor	popularizing scholarship on world religions → public lectures on religion and modernity →
languageOfWorkOrName	English →
memberOf	Society of the Holy Child Jesus →
name	Karen Armstrong →
nationality	British →
notableIdea	comparative approach to Abrahamic faiths → emphasis on compassion as central to religion →
notableProject	Charter for Compassion →
notableWork	A History of God → Buddha → Fields of Blood: Religion and the History of Violence → Islam: A Short History → Jerusalem: One City, Three Faiths → The Battle for God → The Case for God → The Spiral Staircase →
occupation	author → lecturer → religious historian → writer →
placeOfBirth	Worcestershire, England →
positionHeld	nun →
religion	Roman Catholicism →
sexOrGender	female →
writesAbout	Buddhism → Christianity → Hinduism → Islam → Judaism → fundamentalism → interfaith dialogue → mysticism →

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
A History of God → Buddha (book) → Fields of Blood: Religion and the History of Violence → Islam: A Short History → Jerusalem: One City, Three Faiths → The Battle for God → The Case for God → The Spiral Staircase →	author
Fields of Blood: Religion and the History of Violence → The Battle for God →	hasAuthor
A History of God → Jerusalem: One City, Three Faiths →	writtenBy
The Battle for God →	authorName
Charter for Compassion →	foundedBy
Armstrong →	hasNotableBearer
The Spiral Staircase →	mainCharacter
Karen Armstrong →	name
TED Prize →	notableRecipient