Tag: Karen Armstrong
Troy Jollimore on Karen Armstrong’s ‘The Case for God’
By Troy Jollimore December 4, 2009.
Print: TruthDig
Troy Jollimore dismantles Karen Armstrong’s “The Case for God.”
The Religious Wars
by Nicholas D. Kristof November 26, 2009.
Print: The New York Times
Just a few years ago, it seemed curious that an omniscient, omnipotent God wouldn’t smite tormentors like Richard Dawkins, Christopher Hitchens and Sam Harris. They all published best-selling books excoriating religion and practically inviting lightning bolts.
Think Again: God
by Karen Armstrong October 20, 2009.
Print: Foreign Policy
Karen Armstrong attempts to defend religion against what she considers common critiques. Instead she ends up making excuses for the problems religion creates while shifting the blame onto “overly aggressive secularization” and “so-called new atheists such as Richard Dawkins, Sam Harris, and Christopher Hitchens.”
Faith and Belief: ‘The Evolution of God’ by Robert Wright and ‘The Case for God’ by Karen Ar
Jack Miles October 10, 2009.
Print: Los Angeles Times
How religion tamed the human species; how a form of theological expression from the Middle Ages could help us recover our understanding of God.
A history of Christianity: The greatest story, or the trickiest?
From The Economist print edition September 16, 2009.
Print: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/economist/full_print_edition/~3/S-JDlu9g9DY/story01.htm
Two books reveal the challenges of chronicling religious history/ppA History of Christianity
The Case for God: What Religion Really Means by Karen Armstrong
by Christopher Hart July 6, 2009.
Print: The Sunday Times review
Both Bible-bashing fundamentalists and dogmatic atheists have a similar idea of what “God” means, she points out, and it is an absurdly crude one.
