Our foremost scholar of religion challenges one of the most persistent myths of our time- that religion has been the cause of all major wars.
Karen Armstrong is one of the world's leading commentators on
religious affairs. She spent seven years as a Roman Catholic nun in
the 1960s, and then read English at St Anne's College, Oxford. In
1982, she became a full-time writer and broadcaster. Her books
include A History of God, The Bible- A Biography, The Case for God
and, most recently, Twelve Steps to a Compassionate Life.
Armstrong has addressed members of the United States Congress, has
participated in the World Economic Forum and, in 2005, was
appointed by Kofi Annan to join the High Level Group of the United
Nations initiative 'The Alliance of Civilizations'. In 2008 she was
awarded the Franklin D. Roosevelt Four Freedoms Medal and, in the
same year, won the TED prize. In 2013 she received the British
Academy's inaugural Nayef Al-Rodhan Prize for improving
Transcultural Understanding.
Karen Armstrong's wonderful book certainly cleanses the mind. It
may even do a little repair work on the heart
*Spectator*
Karen Armstrong is one of our most perceptive and thoughtful
writers on religion... Consistently surprising and illuminating,
Fields of Blood should be read by anyone interested in
understanding the interaction of religion with violence in the
modern world
*New Statesman*
A fascinating and very accessible book... Fields of Blood is a must
read for those who want to work for justice and peace.
*Tariq Ramadan, Professor of Contemporary Islamic Studies,
University of Oxford*
Mind-boggling… we feel we are in the hands of an expert. Armstrong
is doing us a great service
*Guardian*
Elegant and powerful, erudite and accurate...dazzling in its
breadth and historical detail
*Washington Post*
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