Karen Armstrong

WATCH LIVE: Karen Armstrong On The State Of The Charter For Compassion

Posted 03.22.2012

Read More: Karen Armstrong, World Peace, Charter for Compassion, Video, Empathy, TED Prize, Compassion, Religion News

On March 22, for the first time ever, Armstrong will present the “State of the Charter for Compassion,” highlighting the progress made around...

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Reading Christianity in the Age of Glenn Beck

Suzanne Morrison | Posted 10.17.2011

When it comes to buying Christian works, and I don't mean just liberal-approved Christian books like Lit, I often buy them online. Why? Well, because I'm embarrassed.

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Why Include Interfaith Children In Interfaith Dialogue?

Susan Katz Miller | Posted 09.07.2011

Read More: Charter for Compassion, Interfaith Children, Interfaith Dialogue, Religious Tolerance, Karen Armstrong, Amartya Sen, Eboo Patel, Interfaith Youth Core, Inter-Religious Dialogue, Interfaith Engagement, Interfaith Families, Religion News

Interfaith children, natural experts in this field, have not been officially welcomed, whether in high-level interfaith dialogue between religious institutions or in more local grassroots interfaith activism.

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I Am Not A Bible-Waver

Rev. Anne Howard | Posted 09.05.2011

Read More: Karen Armstrong, 4th of July, Faith, Compassion, Christianity, Social Justice, American Public Discourse, Public Discourse, Religion and Politics, The Beatitudes Society, Bible Waver, Jacob Needleman, American Civility, Civil Discourse, Religion News

We sure don't need any more screaming. My inbox and my Facebook feed fills up every day with screams from my favorite progressive organizations and people, faith-based and otherwise.

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Searching for the TED 2012 Prize Winner -- With Your Help

Amy Novogratz | Posted 08.21.2011

Read More: Karen Armstrong, Jill Tarter, Bill Clinton, TED Conference, Dr. Sylvia Earle, Bono, Jr, TED Prize, Impact News

Each year we award the TED Prize to an exceptional individual who is making a difference in the world -- and we grant this recipient one wish. This isn't just an ordinary wish, but a wish that allows them to dig deeper, activate people across the globe, and truly change the world.

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TED Talks: Krista Tippett On Redefining 'Compassion' (VIDEO)

Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Definition of Compassion, Karen Armstrong, Religion News, Religion, Charter for Compassion, TED Talks, United Nations, TED Talk, Krista Tippett, TED Prize, Religious Tolerance, Compassion, Video, Religion News

Compassion has a problem. According to journalist Krista Tippett, the idea's meaning has been, "Hollowed out in our culture ... it's seen as a squishy...

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A Celebration of the Pen Over the Sword

Dilara Hafiz | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Interfaith, Literature, Religion, Tolerance, Books, Pakistan, Karen Armstrong, Islam, Literature Festival, Faiz Ahmed Faiz, Karachi, Muslim, Books News

Is there any space for intellectual discussion in Karachi, Pakistan? At the Karachi Literature Festival, the answer is a resounding "Yes!"

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Karen Armstrong's 12 Steps Of Compassion To Change The World

Bryan Maygers | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Religious Tolerance, New York Public Library, 12 Steps to a Compassionate Life, Pakistan, Charter for Compassion, Interfaith Dialogue, Golden Rule, Karen Armstrong, Compassion, Three Faiths, Islam, Rabbi Hillel, Judaism, Interfaith, Christianity, Religion News

All too frequently, religious believers often act in opposition to the core message of their faiths and nonbelievers vilify religion as the source of many of the world's problems.

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The Antidote to Intolerance? Amplifying the Voice of Compassion

Amy Novogratz | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Karen Armstrong, Imam Feisal Abdul Rauf, Charter for Compassion, Koran Burning, TED Prize, Impact News

At a time when religious intolerance is creeping into public consciousness, now is an important moment to highlight Karen Armstrong, who won the TED Prize in 2008, and then made her wish to create a Charter for Compassion.

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9/11 And Compassion: We Need It Now More Than Ever

Karen Armstrong | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Islamophobia, Islam, Anti-Muslim, Anti-Islam, Karen Armstrong Charter for Compassion, Karen Armstrong, Charter for Compassion, Religion News

It is time to combat the ignorance that inspires hatred and fear. We have seen the harm religious chauvinism can do; now let us bear witness to the power of compassion.

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Stephen Prothero Interview: The Many Forms of Faith

Nicole Neroulias | Posted 05.26.2011

Read More: Karen Armstrong, Dalai Lama, Stephen Prothero, Atheism, Stephen Prothero God Is Not One, Huston Smith, Religion News

In Stephen Prothero's new book, what seems like an intense conflict is ultimately just a marketing gimmick.

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The Charter For Compassion

GOOD | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Paul Simon, Karen Armstrong, Dalai Lama, Compassion, Healthy Living News

TED Prize winner Karen Armstrong just released her Charter for Compassion. Here it is, read by a perfectly representative demographic cross-section of...

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Seth Godin's Free e-Book, "What Matters Now"

The Huffington Post | Amy Hertz | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Karen Armstrong, Arianna, Eat Pray Love, Ereader, Elizabeth Gilbert, Chris Anderson, Arianna Huffington, Ebook, Ebooks, Huffington Post, Free Content, Books News

It took a few months but Seth Godin pulled together seminal thinkers--Karen Armstrong, Chris Anderson, Tom Peters, our own Arianna Huffington, and ove...

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Compassion: Karen Armstrong and the World's Most Powerful Idea

Katherine Gustafson | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Karen Armstrong, Good News, Tonic, Faith, Compassion, Small Good News, Impact News

It turns out that one of the most basic things we all learned as children -- treat others how you would like to be treated, the Golden Rule -- is the most powerful idea in the world.

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9 Ways To Show Your Gratitude On Thanksgiving Day

HuffPost | Victoria Fine | Posted 05.25.2011

Favorite Turkey Recipe? Check. Special occasion dishes and gravy boat? Check, check. Ways to express your gratitude this Thanksgiving? Don't worry, we...

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Why do We Need the Charter for Compassion?

Karen Armstrong | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Karen Armstrong, Religion, The Golden Rule, Charter for Compassion, Impact News

Through the Charter, we need to make the compassionate voice of religion a potent force in our troubled world and develop a moral discourse to counter those that speak of hatred and disdain.

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7 Books To Give For Hanukkah

Huffington Post | Jonathan Kirsch | Posted 05.25.2011

Jonathan Kirsch Author and book editor of The Jewish Journal It's no accident that November is Jewish Book Month, because the "People of the Book" ...

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Do Unto Others... (VIDEO)

Dennis Whittle | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Globalgiving, Religion, Charter for Compassion, Ted, The Golden Rule, Chris Anderson, Karen Armstrong, National Press Club, Impact News

Chris Anderson, Curator of TED, said at the launch of the Charter for Compassion, "This is not about kumbaya

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Compassion: A Shared Ideal That Transcends Differences

Susan Smalley, Ph.D. | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Secular, Karen Armstrong, Christianity, Religion, Islam, Judaism, Compassion, The Inner Life, Healthy Living News

We may have been told to 'follow the golden rule' as children (to do unto others as you would have others do unto you) but now science is illustrating the powerful role doing just that can have on humanity.

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The Religion of Thinness

Aimee Liu | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Religion, Anorexic Saints, Rudolph Bell, Books, Religion of Thinness, JACK MILES, Eating Disorders, Feminism, Karen Armstrong, Simone Weil, Books News

While writing my book Gaining several years ago, I kept tripping across evidence of a curiously cozy relationship between religion and eating disorde...

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The Charter For Compassion: Read, Affirm, Share

Amy Novogratz | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Karen Armstrong, Christianity, Islam, Charter for Compassion, Ted, Judaism, Impact News

Today, the culmination of more than a year's work was unveiled as the Charter for Compassion was officially introduced in Washington, D.C. Read the Charter and join people around the world in affirming it.

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The New York Times' Best Books Of 2009

The New York Times | The New York Times Book Review | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Peter Ackroyd, Barbara Kingsolver, Best Books, Lorrie Moore, Books, Literary Prizes, Harold Evans, Sag Harbor, Wolf Hall, Margaret Atwood, Frankenstein, Jay McInerney, Holiday News, Ishiguro, Jay, Booker Prize, Cheever, Colum McCann, National Book Awards, Columbine, Karen Armstrong, Bestsellers, Ayn Rand, Notable Books, Open, New York Times, Jonathan Lethem, Alice Munro, Andre Agassi, Books News

The Book Review has made these selections from books reviewed since Dec. 7, 2008, when we published our previous Notables list. It was not easy pickin...

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New Charter for Compassion Website to Launch Sunday

Amy Novogratz | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Mary Robinson, Ted, Karen Armstrong, The Golden Rule, TED Prize, Archbishop Desmond Tutu, World News

TED winner Karen Armstrong and the Dalai Lama will call on the world to begin the world-wide, grass-roots movement to restore compassion to the center of religious, moral and political life.

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Chautauqua Institution Spotlights Compassion

Amy Novogratz | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Karen Armstrong, Religion, Charter for Compassion, TED Prize, Chautauqua Institution, Spirituality and Politics, Religious Freedom, Religious Tolerance, Spiritual Practice, Healthy Living News

We hope that thousands of leaders from all religions, will agree to the Charter for Compassion, add their signatures and address their congregations on compassion.

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Charter for Compassion to Be Introduced in September

Amy Novogratz | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Archbishop Desmond Tutu, Karen Armstrong, Dalai Lama, Charter for Compassion, E.O. Wilson, TED Prize, Tedglobal, World News

This September, a group of Nobel Laureates including the Dalai Lama and Archbishop Desmond Tutu, will participate in a conversation on compassion at the Dalai Lama Center in Vancouver.

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