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In 2008, the Freedom of Worship Award by the Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt Institute was awarded to Karen Armstrong for her personal dedication to the ideal that peace can be found in religious understanding, for her teachings on compassion, and her appreciation for the positive sources of spirituality.
In 2008, the Freedom of Worship Award by the Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt Institute was awarded to Karen Armstrong for her personal dedication to the ideal that peace can be found in religious understanding, for her teachings on compassion, and her appreciation for the positive sources of spirituality.
== Major Works ==
''A History of God'' (1993) is an overview of [[God]] in the Abrahamic Religions. The concept of God is traced from ancient [[Israel]] through the 20th Century. The book covers ancient [[Jewish]] views of God and how they changed during the [[Babylonian Captivity]], early [[Christianity]], the formation of the doctrine of the [[Trinity]], the formation and rise of [[Islam]], the development of [[Sunni]], [[Shia]] and [[Sufi]] Islam, the split between [[Eastern Orthodoxy]] and [[Roman Catholicism]], the [[Protestant Reformation]], the [[Enlightenment]] and in the [[modern]] and [[post-modern]] world.
''The Great Transformation: The Beginning of Our Religious Traditions'' (2006) is an overview of major religions from about 1600 to 200 B.C.; including [[Hinduism]], [[Buddhism]], [[Confucianism]], [[Daoism]], [[Greek]] rationalism and [[Judaism]]. The thrust of this book is that during the first millenium B.C., the major religions moved from a sole concern with ritual and sacrifice to a primary concern with personal ethics and morality. During this time, the leaders of these religions all developed doctrines of compassion and respect for others, which was quite a departure from the religious practices that preceded them.
== See also ==
== See also ==