Since the creation of religion‚ there has always been a debate to whether or not religion is the main cause of conflicts throughout history. In Karen Armstrong’s book “Fields of Blood”‚ she argues that people use religion as an excuse for the cause of wars and ignore all other aspects. Karen Armstrong is correct. Throughout history‚ there were many wars and conflicts that weren’t caused by religion yet many leaders used the blame of religion to their advantage to conceal their true intentions. Wars
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Armstrong‚ Karen. Islam. New York: Random House‚ Inc.‚ 2000. Islam is the world’s fastest growing faith. It all began in 610 C.E. when the Prophet Muhammad received revelations of the Quran in Mecca. Islam’s reputation of promoting a strict and controlling government‚ female oppression‚ civil war‚ and terrorism is not completely correct. Islam is a rich and complex religion that is often misunderstood in the modern world. There have been many obstacles that have been faced. Islam wouldn’t exist
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Karen Armstrong‚ along with Harris and Bultmann‚ talks in regards to a problem with religious moderate in religion. But Armstrong has a completely different reason on why it is a problem. Unlike Harris and Bultmann Armstrong in her work “A Short History of Myth” states that she believes that the problem with religious moderate is that they do strip religion of its myth in pursuit of reason and science. She states that “Mythical thinking and practice had helped people to face the prospect of extinction
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Reading Journal on the Excerpt from Karen Armstrong’s Autobiography. The author is very expressive of her feelings‚ and I believe it is these feelings that she wants to let out to the world in her autobiography‚ there is not one point but an entire phase in life that she expresses in her writing. The feelings and mind-set of one lost‚ looking for an identity to fit into; can be a point she is trying to convey but then again‚ there is a lot of flow in her words that makes this point
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themselves. As in the book “Twelve Steps to a Compassionate Life” by Karen Armstrong in this book she tells us how we can become passionate with our life if we follow these twelve steps that she has for us‚ but there is a specific thing she says about being compassionate “We have seen that compassion is essential to humanity. We have a biological need to be cared for and to care for others. Yet it is not easy to love ourselves.” (Armstrong‚ 76) As in this quote shows us that us humans‚ people‚ etc. care
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A Short History of Myth | Karen Armstrong | | A review written by Rajarshi looking into the mythical heroes and their relevance through our history mentioned in the book. Submitted to Mr. Anil Persaud. | | By Rajarshi (S122E0137) | 2/22/2013 | | A Short History of Myth Myth has always been a part of our lives‚ and affected the human mind and thought process in various ways. As Karen Armstrong said‚ “When Freud and Jung began to chart the modern quest for the soul‚ they instinctively
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Wisdom claims that religions are revealing of the present world‚ even if they are often referring to what lies beyond this life and our senses. Regardless of the differences a believer and a none believer have‚ or do not have‚ towards an afterlife or a life beyond the one they live now‚ the differences between the beliefs an atheist holds and those that a theist holds are not confined to how they live their lives or face death‚ for there are also differences in how they view life presently. The truth
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| Thurman Law | Professor Underwood-Criminal Law | | Tari | 1/17/2012 | Tracey Thurman was a Connecticut housewife who survived beatings from her husband and went on to introduce Thurman Law‚ which made sure that police officers acted on all calls of domestic abuse. Tracey also sued the City of Connecticut for not doing their job pertaining to her calling the police to come help her when her husband‚ Charles Thurman‚ was threatening her life. | In 1982‚ Tracey Thurman lived
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The Role Of Homo-eroticism In The Picture Of Dorian Gray The treatment of homo-eroticism as a theme in The Picture of Dorian Gray is a part of the aesthetic backdrop that structures and also helps to color the novel. It is also used as a way to challenge the hypocritically-prudish surface of the Victorian society. However‚ there is much more artistic and historical value to the use of this theme‚ such as the motif of aestheticism. The idea of homo-eroticism being a part of the Greek culture‚ and
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The most important thing that I have learned in the study of Howard Thurman (mystic‚ prophet‚ poet‚ philosopher and theologian)‚ is the idea that out of religious faith emerges social responsibility. Thurman’s understanding of the role of meditation and the contemplative life informed his every action. I admire his ability as a man of quiet spirit to find the unity in all living things‚ which created for him a harmony with nature‚ self‚ people; and‚ more importantly‚ with God. Surely‚ Howard Thurman’s
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