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A Short History of Myth (Myth Series) by Karen Armstrong
$25.00 NZD
Category: World History
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
In the Beginning by Karen Armstrong
$30.00 NZD
Category: General
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
On The Bible by Karen Armstrong
$30.00 NZD
Category: World History | Series: Ten Books That Changed the World S. | Reading Level: very good
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 is estimated that more than six billion copies have been sold in the last 200 ye ...Show more
Sacred Nature by Karen Armstrong
$38.00 NZD
Category: Non-fiction general
An urgent manifesto and a practical guide on how to change our relationship with nature, by one of the world's leading writers on religion and spirituality 'KAREN ARMSTRONG IS A GENIUS' A.N. Wilson In this hugely powerful book, Karen Armstrong argues that if we want to avert environmental catastrophe, i ...Show more
St Paul by Karen Armstrong
$37.00 NZD
Category: General Biography
"St Paul is known throughout the world as the first Christian writer, authoring fourteen of the twenty-seven books in the New Testament. But as Karen Armstrong demonstrates in St Paul: The Apostle We Love to Hate, he also exerted a more significant influence on the spread of Christianity throughout the ...Show more
The Case for God: What Religion Really Means by Karen Armstrong
$40.00 NZD
Category: NZ non-fiction | Reading Level: very good
The enormous popularity of books by Richard Dawkins, Christopher Hitchens, Sam Harris and others shows that despite the religious revival that is under way in many parts of the world, there is widespread confusion about the nature of religious truth. The militant atheism we are witnessing at present is ...Show more
The Case for God - What Religion Really Means by Karen Armstrong
$30.00 NZD
Category: No Category
An essential book for our times: A thoughtful, cultured response to Richard Dawkins. There is widespread confusion about the nature of religious truth. For the first time in history, a significantly large number of people want nothing to do with God. Mlitant atheists preach a gospel of godlessness with ...Show more
The Great Transformation : the world in the time of Buddha, Socrates, Confucius and Jeremiah by Karen Armstrong
$40.00 NZD
Category: World History
The centuries between 800 and 300 BC saw an explosion of new religious concepts. Their emergence is second only to man's harnessing of fire, fundamentally transforming our understanding of what it is to be human. First published 2006.
The Lost Art of Scripture - Rescuing the Sacred Texts by Karen Armstrong
$40.00 NZD
Category: NZ non-fiction | Series: Religion | Reading Level: very good
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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