A critique of Karen Armstrong’s book The Battle for God

A History of Fundamentalism





 
I find it personally distasteful that in many instances the serious debates involving religion, ethics and world views are dominated by persons who’s faith in the greatness of G-d has been shaken in such a way that they feel compelled to attempt to drag the rest of the faithful along on their personal journey in search of what they hope will be the ultimate answer to their personal questions. I felt this way after reading Karen Armstrong’s book The Battle for G-d A History of Fundamentalism. Karen Armstrong has, since leaving the Catholic convent in the late 1960’s, been on what seems in my estimation to be a quest for some sense of an inner personal experience with G-d that has constantly evaded her grasp or perhaps understanding. She has spent a lifetime searching through historic records of the world’s major religions and come to rest, in this book, The Battle......

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