Browse by category
A History of God by Karen Armstrong
$35.00 NZD
Category: History
"The idea of a single devine being - God, Yahweh, Allah - has existed for over 4,000 years. But the history of God is also the history of human struggle. While Judaism, Islam and Christianity proclaim the goodness of God, organised religion has too often been the catalyst for violence and ineradicable p ...Show more
A Short History of Myth (Myth Series) by Karen Armstrong
$28.00 NZD
Category: Fiction
As long as we have been human, we have been mythmakers. In A Short History of Myth, Karen Armstrong holds up the mirror of mythology to show us the history of ourselves, and embarks on a journey that begins at a Neanderthal graveside and ends buried in the heart of the modern novel. Surprising, powerful ...Show more
Buddha by Karen Armstrong
$27.99 NZD
Category: Philosophy, Spirituality & Religion | Series: Lives S.
A superb introduction to the life and thought of a revolutionary spiritual thinker, by a bestselling author.
Fields of Blood - Religion...Violence by Karen Armstrong
$27.99 NZD
Category: Spirituality
It is the most persistent myth of our time: religion is the cause of all violence. But history suggests otherwise. Karen Armstrong, former Roman Catholic nun and one of our foremost scholars of religion, speaks out to disprove the link between religion and bloodshed. * Religion is as old as humanity ...Show more
History of Jerusalem by Karen Armstrong
$30.00 NZD
Category: Philosophy, Spirituality & Religion
‘A History of Jerusalem should be read, not only by travellers and potential travellers in Jerusalem, but by all of us.’ Stephen Tummin, Daily Telegraph Jerusalem has probably cast more of a spell over the human imagination than any other city in the world. Held by believers to contain the site where Ab ...Show more
In the Beginning by Karen Armstrong
$29.99 NZD
Category: Philosophy, Spirituality & Religion
The foundation stone of Jewish and Christian scriptures, the power of the "Book of Genesis" lies in its stories - "Creation", "the Fall", "Cain and Abel", "Noah", "Abraham", "Jacob" and "Joseph". These ancient tales illuminate some of our most enduring and profound problems: cowardice, the struggle with ...Show more
Islam A Short History by Karen Armstrong
$33.00 NZD
Category: History | Series: Universal History | Reading Level: very good
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
Muhammad: Biography of the Prophet by Karen Armstrong
$29.99 NZD
Category: Philosophy, Spirituality & Religion
Most people in the West know very little about the prophet Muhammad. The acclaimed religious writer Karen Armstrong has written a biography which will give us a more accurate and profound understanding of Islam and the people who adhere to it so strongly. Muhammad also offers challenging comparisons wit ...Show more
Muhammad : Prophet for our time (Eminent Lives) by Karen Armstrong
$39.99 NZD
Category: Biography & Memoir
From the bestselling writer of The History of God and the widely acclaimed Islam - A Short History comes another valuable addition to the Eminent Lives Series: Karen Armstrong's Muhammad. Muhammad recognized and seeked to transform a period in seventh-century Arabia, a spirit of the time he named j ...Show more
On The Bible by Karen Armstrong
$29.99 NZD
Category: Philosophy, Spirituality & Religion | Series: Ten Books That Changed the World S. | Reading Level: very good
Second-hand, paperback in reasonable condition. Obvious fold on front cover. A ground-breaking explanation of the single most influential text of all time by the world's foremost religious historian. The Bible is the most widely distributed book in the world. Translated into over 2,000 languages, it i ...Show more
Religion by Karen Armstrong
$9.99 NZD
Category: Society & Culture | Series: Vintage Minis Ser.
'Because 'God' is infinite, nobody can have the last word.'What is this thing, religion, which has supposedly been the cause of bloodshed and warring for centuries? What is 'God' and do we need 'Him' in our modern world? Karen Armstrong, bestselling author and one of the world's leading writers on relig ...Show more