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The Case for God by Karen Armstrong
Mon, Mar 01, 2010
Karen Armstrong is the author of numerous books on religious affairs, including A History of God, The Battle for God, Holy War, Islam, Buddha, and The Great Transformation; and two memoirs, Through the Narrow Gate and The Spiral Staircase. In February 2008 she was awarded the "TED" prize ("Technology, Entertainment, Design:" ideas worth spreading) and is currently working with TED on a major international project to launch and propagate a Charter for Compassion, created online by the general public and crafted by leading thinkers in Judaism, Christianity, Islam, Hinduism, and Buddhism. It is to be signed in the fall of 2009 by a thousand religious and secular leaders.