Author

Books by Karen Armstrong

Karen Armstrong is a British author and former Roman Catholic nun who left her convent in 1969 after seven years. She subsequently became one of the world's leading commentators on religion, writing more than twenty books on subjects ranging from early Christianity and Islam to the Buddha and the Hebrew Bible. Her other major works include A History of God, The Battle for God, Muhammad, Buddha, and Fields of Blood. She founded the Charter for Compassion in 2008 and has received honorary doctorates from universities in multiple countries.