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.

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Label	Occurrences
Karen Armstrong canonical	21

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	Order of the British Empire ⓘ surface form: 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 self-link ⓘ
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 ⓘ

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Armstrong → hasNotableBearer → Karen Armstrong ⓘ

Karen Armstrong → name → Karen Armstrong self-link ⓘ

A History of God → author → Karen Armstrong ⓘ

A History of God → writtenBy → Karen Armstrong ⓘ

Islam: A Short History → author → Karen Armstrong ⓘ

Buddha → author → Karen Armstrong ⓘ

subject surface form: Buddha (book)

Jerusalem: One City, Three Faiths → author → Karen Armstrong ⓘ

Jerusalem: One City, Three Faiths → writtenBy → Karen Armstrong ⓘ

Fields of Blood: Religion and the History of Violence → author → Karen Armstrong ⓘ

Fields of Blood: Religion and the History of Violence → hasAuthor → Karen Armstrong ⓘ

TED Prize → notableRecipient → Karen Armstrong ⓘ

Charter for Compassion → foundedBy → Karen Armstrong ⓘ

The Case for God → author → Karen Armstrong ⓘ

The Spiral Staircase → author → Karen Armstrong ⓘ

The Spiral Staircase → mainCharacter → Karen Armstrong ⓘ

The Battle for God → author → Karen Armstrong ⓘ

The Battle for God → authorName → Karen Armstrong ⓘ

The Battle for God → hasAuthor → Karen Armstrong ⓘ

My Climb Out of Darkness → subtitleOfWorkBy → Karen Armstrong ⓘ

Through the Narrow Gate → author → Karen Armstrong ⓘ

Eric Armstrong → sibling → Karen Armstrong ⓘ