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Islam A Short History by Karen Armstrong
$14.99 AUD
Category: Religion | Series: Universal History
In the public mind, Islam is a religion of extremes: it is the world's fastest growing faith; more than three-quarters of the world's refugees are Islamic; it has produced government by authoritarian monarchies in Saudi Arabia and ultra-republicans in Iran. Whether we are reading about civil war in Alge ...Show more
Jerusalem: One City, Three Faiths by Karen Armstrong
$43.99 AUD
Category: History
"SPLENDID . . . Eminently sane and patient . . . Essential reading for Jews, Christians, and Muslims alike."--The Washington PostVenerated for millennia by three faiths, torn by irreconcilable conflict, conquered, rebuilt, and mourned for again and again, Jerusalem is a sacred city whose very sacredness ...Show more
The Lost Art of Scripture by Karen Armstrong
$24.99 AUD
Category: Religion
Second-hand, paperback in as new condition. 'An amazingly wide-ranging book, showing that the world's religious texts can be a force for good today' John Barton, author of A History of the Bible In our increasingly secular world, holy texts are at best seen as irrelevant, and at worst as an excuse to ...Show more
The Lost Art of Scripture - Rescuing the Sacred Texts by Karen Armstrong
$35.00 AUD
Category: History | Series: Religion
Today the Quran is used by some to justify war and acts of terrorism, the Torah to deny Palestinians the right to live in the Land of Israel, and the Bible to condemn homosexuality and contraception. The significance of Scripture - the holy texts at the centre of all religious traditions - may not be im ...Show more
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