BOOKS EBOOKS RARE BOOKS CLASSICAL CDs DVDs PRINTED MUSIC PODCASTS OFFERS
Click here to take a virtual tour of Blackwells, Oxford

  

Search for: Karen Armstrong

Refine your search:

 

£9.99
In stock

ISBN: 9781843540564 - The Great Transformation Bestseller The Great Transformation
Karen Armstrong

ISBN10: 1843540568  ISBN13: 9781843540564
Publisher: Atlantic Books
Edition: New edition
Format: Paperback
Publication date: 08 Mar 2007
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 in fundamentally transforming our understanding of what it is to be human. This work examines this... More

£12.99
In stock

ISBN: 9781847921581 - Twelve Steps to a Compassionate Life Twelve Steps to a Compassionate Life
Karen Armstrong

ISBN10: 1847921582  ISBN13: 9781847921581
Publisher: Vintage The Bodley Head Ltd
Format: Paperback
Publication date: 04 Jan 2011
Drawing on a wide range of material - ranging from the spiritual character of the world religions to the findings of contemporary neuroscience - this title argues that compassion is hardwired into our brains, yet is constantly pushed back by our... More

£7.19
Normal price £8.99 - save 20%
In stock

ISBN: 9780099524038 - The Case for God The Case for God
Karen Armstrong

ISBN10: 0099524031  ISBN13: 9780099524038
Publisher: Vintage
Format: Paperback
Publication date: 01 Jul 2010
Tracing the history of faith from the Palaeolithic Age to the present, this title shows that meaning of words such as 'belief', 'faith', and 'mystery' has been entirely altered, so that atheists and theists alike think and speak about God - and... More

£8.99
In stock

ISBN: 9781843543978 - The Bible The Bible
Karen Armstrong

ISBN10: 1843543974  ISBN13: 9781843543978
Publisher: Atlantic Books
Format: Paperback
Publication date: 01 Mar 2008
From the Jewish practice of Midrash and the Christian cult of Jesus; to the influence of Paul's letters on the Reformation and the manipulation of Revelations by Christian fundamentalism, the author explores the contexts in which these sixty... More

£8.99
In stock

ISBN: 9781842125830 - Islam Islam
Karen Armstrong

ISBN10: 1842125834  ISBN13: 9781842125830
Publisher: Orion Publishing Co Weidenfeld & Nicolson History
Edition: New edition
Format: Paperback
Publication date: 03 Dec 2001
One of the world's foremost commentators on religious affairs on the history (and destiny) of the world's most misunderstood religion. In the public mind, Islam is a religion of extremes: it is the world's fastest growing faith; more than three... More

£9.99
In stock

ISBN: 9780099273677 - A History of God A History of God
Karen Armstrong

ISBN10: 0099273675  ISBN13: 9780099273677
Publisher: Vintage
Edition: New edition
Format: Paperback
Publication date: 07 Jan 1999
The idea of a single divine being - God, Yahweh, Allah - has existed for over 4,000 years. But the history of God is also the history of human struggle. This account of the evolution of belief examines Western society's unerring fidelity to this... More

£8.99
In stock

ISBN: 9780099555476 - In the Beginning In the Beginning
Karen Armstrong

ISBN10: 0099555476  ISBN13: 9780099555476
Publisher: Vintage
Format: Paperback
Publication date: 03 Mar 2011
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". This title traces the themes and meanings of these... More

£8.99
In stock

ISBN: 9780753813409 - Buddha Buddha
Karen Armstrong

ISBN10: 0753813408  ISBN13: 9780753813409
Publisher: Orion Publishing Co Phoenix (an Imprint of The Orion Publishing Group Ltd )
Edition: New edition
Format: Paperback
Publication date: 07 Mar 2002
A superb introduction to the life and thought of a revolutionary spiritual thinker, by a bestselling author. Buddhism is a faith that commands over 100 million followers throughout the world. Buddha revolutionized the religious ideas of his time... More

£8.99
In stock

ISBN: 9780007122295 - The Spiral Staircase The Spiral Staircase
Karen Armstrong

ISBN10: 0007122292  ISBN13: 9780007122295
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers HarperPerennial
Edition: New edition
Format: Paperback
Publication date: 03 Jan 2005
A raw, intensely personal memoir of spiritual exploration from one of the world's great commentators on religion. A raw, intensely personal memoir of spiritual exploration from one of the world's great commentators on religion. After seven years... More

£7.99
In stock

ISBN: 9781842126080 - Muhammad Muhammad
Karen Armstrong

ISBN10: 1842126083  ISBN13: 9781842126080
Publisher: Orion Publishing Co Weidenfeld & Nicolson History
Edition: New edition
Format: Paperback
Publication date: 03 Dec 2001
A life of the prophet Muhammad by best-selling religious writer Karen Armstrong 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... More