Karen Armstrong
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| Rođenje | Karen Andersen Armstrong 14. 11. 1944. Wildmoor, Worcestershire, Engleska, UK |
| Državljanstvo | britansko |
| Alma mater | Univerzitet u Oxfordu |
| Zanimanje | spisateljica, profesorica |
Karen Andersen Armstrong (Wildmoor, 14. 11. 1944. – ), engleska autorica knjiga na temu komparativne religije i međureligijskog dijaloga, široko priznata kao jedan od vodećih komentatora tih disciplina u Ujedinjenom Kraljevstvu.
Armstrong je rođena 1944. u engleskom naselju Wildmoor, u katoličkoj porodici irskog porijekla koja se nakon njenog rođenja preselila prvo u Bromsgrove, a zatim u Birmingham. Sa 17 godina ušla je u redovničku službu, no napustila ju je sedam godina kasnije za vrijeme studija engleske književnosti na Univerzitetu u Oxfordu. Akademsku karijeru započela je predavajući književnost na Univerzitetu u Londonu, a kasnije je predavala i na rabinskom Koledžu Leo Baeck. Tokom 1980-ih objavila je niz knjiga o kršćanstvu, dok od 1990-ih piše i o islamu, judaizmu i drugim religijama. Na njen opus snažan utjecaj imali su protestantski akademik Wilfred Cantwell Smith i katolički filozof Bernard Lonergan. Armstrong je dobitnica višestrukih nagrada i priznanja, uključujući počasne doktorate s Univerziteta Aston (2006), St Andrews (2011) i McGill (2014). Godine 2015. odlikovana je i Redom Britanskog Carstva (OBE).
- Monografije
- Through the Narrow Gate (1981), New York: St Martin's Press, ISBN 9780312803834
- The First Christian: Saint Paul's Impact on Christianity (1983), London: Pan, ISBN 9780330281614
- Beginning the World (1983), New York: St. Martin's Press, ISBN 9780312071813
- Tongues of Fire: An Anthology of Religious and Poetic Experience (1985), Harmondsworth; New York: Viking, ISBN 9780670808786
- The Gospel According to Woman: Christianity's Creation of the Sex War in the West (1986), Garden City: Anchor Press, ISBN 9780385240789
- Holy War: The Crusades and their Impact on Today's World (1988), London: Macmillan, ISBN 9780333445440
- Muhammad: A Biography of the Prophet (1991), London: Victor Gollancz, ISBN 9780575062443
- The English Mystics of the Fourteenth Century (1991), London: Kyle Cathie, ISBN 9781856260237
- The End of Silence: Women and the Priesthood (1993), London: Fourth Estate, ISBN 9781857021455
- A History of God (1993), New York: Alfred A. Knopf, ISBN 9780679426004
- Jerusalem: One City, Three Faiths (1996), New York: Alfred A. Knopf, ISBN 9780679435969
- In the Beginning: A New Interpretation of Genesis (1996), New York: Alfred A. Knopf, ISBN 9780679450894
- Islam: A Short History (2000), New York: Modern Library, ISBN 9780679640400
- The Battle for God: Fundamentalism in Judaism, Christianity and Islam (2000), New York: Alfred A. Knopf, ISBN 9780679435976
- Buddha (2001), New York: Viking, ISBN 9780670891931
- Faith After 11 September (2002), Maastricht: Studium Generale Maastricht, ISBN 9789080719118
- The Spiral Staircase: My Climb Out of Darkness (2004), New York; Toronto: Alfred A. Knopf, ISBN 9780375413186
- A Short History of Myth (2005), Edinburgh; New York: Canongate, ISBN 9781841956442
- Muhammad: A Prophet For Our Time (2006), New York: Atlas Books/HarperCollins, ISBN 9780060598976
- The Great Transformation: The Beginning of Our Religious Traditions (2006), ISBN 9780375413179
- The Bible: A Biography (2007), New York: Atlantic Monthly Press, ISBN 9780871139696
- The Case for God (2009), New York: Alfred A. Knopf, ISBN 9780307269188
- Twelve Steps to a Compassionate Life (2010), New York: Alfred A. Knopf, ISBN 9780307595591
- A Letter to Pakistan (2011), New York: Oxford University Press, ISBN 9780199063307
- Fields of Blood: Religion and the History of Violence (2014), London: The Bodley Head, ISBN 9781847921864
- St. Paul: The Apostle We Love to Hate (2015), Boston: New Harvest, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, ISBN 9780544617391
- Karen Armstrong, Encyclopædia Britannica (en)
- Karen Armstrong Arhivirano 2016-02-08 na Wayback Machine-u, Charter for Compassion (en)
- Karen Armstrong na sajtu IMDb
