| − | '''Karen Armstrong''' (born 1944) is a [[liberal]] British comparative [[religion]] writer. Her first book, ''Through the Narrow Gate'', describes her seven years as a [[nun]] in a [[Roman Catholic]] [[convent]]. After leaving she pursed studying the world's monotheistic religions, beginning with Islam. Armstrong is a popular voice for [[liberal Christianity]] and who promotes [[Islam]] and anti-Christian (in the Biblical theological sense) sentiment. She is a member of the [[anti-Christ]] [[Jesus Seminar]] and has written more than 20 book including ''A History of God'', ''Islam: A Short History'', ''Buddha'', ''The Spiral Staircase'', ''The Great Transformation'', ''Muhammad: A Prophet for Our Time'' and most recently ''The Case for God ''; also numerous articles for ''The Guardian'' and other publications. | + | '''Karen Armstrong''' (born 1944) is a [[liberal]] British comparative [[religion]] writer. Her first book, ''Through the Narrow Gate'', describes her seven years as a [[nun]] in a [[Roman Catholic]] [[convent]]. After leaving she pursed studying the world's monotheistic religions, beginning with Islam. Armstrong is a popular voice for [[liberal Christianity]] and who promotes [[Islam]] and [[anti-Christ]]ian (in the Biblical theological sense) sentiment. She is a member of the [[historical revisionist]] [[Jesus Seminar]] and has written more than 20 book including ''A History of God'', ''Islam: A Short History'', ''Buddha'', ''The Spiral Staircase'', ''The Great Transformation'', ''Muhammad: A Prophet for Our Time'' and most recently ''The Case for God ''; also numerous articles for ''The Guardian'' and other publications. |
| | The austere Ignatian regimen which Armstrong was part of for years a nun was designed to bring its subjects to be filled with [[God]], yet like many others in institutionalized programs, Armstrong found only silence from God and evidences no indication that she ever experienced becoming truly ''[[born again]]'' through personal [[repentance]] and [[faith]] in the [[Lord Jesus Christ]] to save her from her [[sin]]s, with its resultant Scriptural relationship with God. | | The austere Ignatian regimen which Armstrong was part of for years a nun was designed to bring its subjects to be filled with [[God]], yet like many others in institutionalized programs, Armstrong found only silence from God and evidences no indication that she ever experienced becoming truly ''[[born again]]'' through personal [[repentance]] and [[faith]] in the [[Lord Jesus Christ]] to save her from her [[sin]]s, with its resultant Scriptural relationship with God. |