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Book Synopsis''Karen Armstrong has been one of the most persistent and powerful voices in the eminently respectable task of popularising religious scholarship in the anglophone world'' GUARDIAN
''Her work has a broad sweep and that is extremely important'' TLS
Buddhism is a faith that commands over 100 million followers throughout the world. Buddha stands with Christ, Confucius and Mohammed as someone who revolutionised the religious ideas of his time to advocate a new way of living.
Since Buddhism promotes no personal god, Buddhism, writes Armstrong, ''is essentially a psychological faith''. In our own age of secular anxiety, she shows that it has profound lessons to teach about selflessness and the simple life.
All that is known about Buddha comes from a collection of ancient writings that fuse history, biography and myth. Karen Armstrong distils from these the key events of Buddha''s life: his birth as Siddhartha Gotama in the fifth century BC
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The chasm between the many academic theologians and the general public has grown through the years and now we have fewer people who write about theological matters in a way that bridges scholarly thinking and a general readership. Her work has a broad sweep and that is extremely important * GUARDIAN *
During the past four decades, Karen Armstrong has been one of the most persistent and powerful voices in the eminently respectable task of popularising religious scholarship in the anglophone world. * TLS *
