Karen Armstrong: What is Religion?
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Karen Armstrong observes that it sometimes seems that we are developing exactly the kind of religion that people such as the Buddha, Confucius, Laozi, Jesus and Muhammad wanted to get rid of. How, she asks, did the preoccupation with orthodoxy become so important in the Western Christian tradition? Confucian, Daoist, Hindu, Jain, Buddhist, Greek and monotheistic traditions were not much interested in metaphysics or theology, and each one of these faiths began in rec… More >>
Karen has the valuable quality of being able to unwrap and explain complex ideas using ALL the tools given us by ALL the religions.Question time sees Karen at her best as she envelopes us in her warmth and enthusiasm as she answers. Cheers graeme
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