I learned a lot from karen armstrongs portrait of the prophet not profit. Beginning with the prophet muhammads flight from medina and concluding with an examination of modern islamic practices and concerns, armstrong. Este libro le da al lector nuevos conocimientos y experiencia. She attended st annes college, oxford, while in the convent and majored in english. In a vital revision of this narrow view of islam and a distillation of years of thinking and writing about the subject, karen armstrong s short history demonstrates that the worlds fastestgrowing faith is a much more complex phenomenon than its modern fundamentalist strain might suggest. The picture of islam as a violent, backward, and insular tradition should be laid to rest, says karen armstrong, bestselling author of muhammad and a history of. Islam a short history by karen armstrong karen armstrong is popular british writer who published many books on religion. Bestselling author and renowned religious scholar karen armstrong presents a concise and articulate history of islam, the worlds fastestgrowing faith. The 4,000year quest of judaism, christianity, and islam. Readers seeking a quick but thoughtful introduction to islam will want to peruse armstrongs latest offering. In a vital revision of this narrow view of islam and a distillation of years of thinking and writing about the subject, karen armstrongs short history demonstrates that the worlds fastestgrowing faith is a much more complex phenomenon than its modern fundamentalist strain might suggest. Karen armstrong has summed up the history of islam in about 170 pages, which is an achievement on its own.
David berlinski on mathematics richard bessel on nazi germany alan brinkley on the great depression ian buruma on modern japan james davidson on the golden. The 4000year quest ofjudaism, christianity and islam. The book is definitely written for western jews or christians who may be distrustful of islam, particularly its relationship with judaism or christianity. Karen armstrong, obe, frsl born 14 november 1944 is a british author and commentator of irish catholic descent known for her books on comparative religion. She is former roman catholic nun and published this book islam a short history in 2000. Faith and freedom karen armstrong, may 8, 2003, the guardian essay. The true, peaceful face of islam karen armstrong, time essay. Te puede instalar este libro electronico, impartir descargas como pdf, kindledx, word, txt, ppt, rar and zip.
Islam by karen armstrong audio book simply audiobooks. Karen armstrong islam a short history a m o d e r n library c h r o n i c l e s book t h e m o d e r n library n e w york. Here you can download this book in pdf format for free. Knopfmichael lionstarhbo karen armstrong on sam harris and bill maher. Islam a short history by karen armstrong free pdf download. A former roman catholic religious sister, she went from a conservative to a more liberal and mystical christian faith. Traces the history of islam, from the flight of prophet muhammadpeace be on him and the founding of the first mosques to the development of the modern muslim state, and examines its present beliefs and practices. It fills me with despair, because this is the sort of talk that led to the concentration camps.
Muhammad and it gave me a lot of things to consider. Eugenio fernandez aguilar pdf mediafire 2020 sinopsis. Armstrong condemns the west for being prejudiced about islam since the crusades, yet writing about presentday muslims. Fundamentalism the us is the true home of religious extremism, which begins not as a crusade against outsiders, but as hatred of those of the same faith. A short history is a 2000 book by the british writer karen armstrong, a former roman catholic nun and author of popular books about the history of religion. Considering that this book is written by a nonmuslim author about islam, i found this book very interesting.