Karen Armstrong

A Short History of Myth.

A Short History of Myth.

There are some forms of religion that are bad, just as there's bad cooking or bad art or bad sex, read more

There are some forms of religion that are bad, just as there's bad cooking or bad art or bad sex, you have bad religion too.

It's a great event to get outside and enjoy nature. I find it very exciting no matter how many times read more

It's a great event to get outside and enjoy nature. I find it very exciting no matter how many times I see bald eagles.

And sometimes it's the very otherness of a stranger, someone who doesn't belong to our ethnic or ideological or religious read more

And sometimes it's the very otherness of a stranger, someone who doesn't belong to our ethnic or ideological or religious group, an otherness that can repel us initially, but which can jerk us out of our habitual selfishness, and give us intonations of that sacred otherness, which is God.

Compassion is not a popular virtue.

Compassion is not a popular virtue.