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Traditional Chinese edition of The Lost Art of Scripture: Rescuing the Sacred Texts

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Magisterial. . . . Armstrong has won respect for her scholarly and thoughtful treatment of faith in books such as A History of God, The Case for God, and Fields of Blood. Her latest work builds on these, partly by exploring common threads across different religious traditions, and it's an encyclopedic undertaking. . . . Armstrong has written a highly rational tribute to the murky wingman of our lives that exists beyond what is material and rational. . . . I found the broad arguments at the beginning and end of this book to be fascinating and persuasive. . . . A dazzling accomplishment, a reflection of an encyclopedic knowledge of comparative religion and of a wisdom about spirituality in the human species. -Nicholas Kristof, The New York Times Unusual, often dazzling, blend of theology, history, and neuroscience. -The New Yorker [Armstrong's] most profound, important book to date . . . Both nonbelievers and believers will find her diagnosis-that most people now read scripture to confirm their own views, rather than to achieve transformation-on the mark. . . . This is an instant classic of accessible and relevant religious history. -Publishers Weekly (starred review) A triumph . . . Karen Armstrong is one of our great commentators on the sacred. In this book she explores the sacred texts with a scholar's eye and an illuminating clarity suggesting how much their wisdom and lasting power are still needed today. -Salley Vickers, author of The Enchanted April Karen Armstrong has written an amazingly wide-ranging book, showing that the world's religious texts can be a force for good today, rather than a cause of conflict. The scale of her knowledge never ceases to astonish. -John Barton, author of A History of the Bible The Lost Art of Scripture . . . exhibits [Armstrong's] well-known and admired characteristics as a writer: an ability to be both authoritative on all the major faiths . . . a reasoned insistence that religion today is misunderstood, as much by the religious as by their critics; and a passionate appeal to our fractious and fractured world to embrace religion's core message [of] . . . compassion and respect for others. -The Sunday Times [The Lost Art of Scripture] takes us on a glorious journey . . . Armstrong is the most articulate and generous-hearted exegete of religion writing in English at the present time. -New Statesman Rich and wide-ranging . . . a fascinating read . . . a treasure chest of social and religious history. Armstrong's lucid prose makes her many-stranded story remarkably straightforward to follow. . . . A learned and stimulating book. -Tablet Formidable . . . serious and inspiring . . . exhilarating, challenging and curiously comforting . . . Written not only with intellectual rigor and an accessible turn of phrase, but also with love. -Prospect Magazine

Magisterial. . . . Armstrong has won respect for her scholarly and thoughtful treatment of faith in books such as A History of God, The Case for God, and Fields of Blood. Her latest work builds on these, partly by exploring common threads across different religious traditions, and it's an encyclopedic undertaking. . . . Armstrong has written a highly rational tribute to the murky wingman of our lives that exists beyond what is material and rational. . . . I found the broad arguments at the beginning and end of this book to be fascinating and persuasive. . . . A dazzling accomplishment, a reflection of an encyclopedic knowledge of comparative religion and of a wisdom about spirituality in the human species. -Nicholas Kristof, The New York Times Unusual, often dazzling, blend of theology, history, and neuroscience. -The New Yorker [Armstrong's] most profound, important book to date . . . Both nonbelievers and believers will find her diagnosis-that most people now read scripture to confirm their own views, rather than to achieve transformation-on the mark. . . . This is an instant classic of accessible and relevant religious history. -Publishers Weekly (starred review) A triumph . . . Karen Armstrong is one of our great commentators on the sacred. In this book she explores the sacred texts with a scholar's eye and an illuminating clarity suggesting how much their wisdom and lasting power are still needed today. -Salley Vickers, author of Miss Garnet's Angel Karen Armstrong has written an amazingly wide-ranging book, showing that the world's religious texts can be a force for good today, rather than a cause of conflict. The scale of her knowledge never ceases to astonish. -John Barton, author of A History of the Bible The Lost Art of Scripture . . . exhibits [Armstrong's] well-known and admired characteristics as a writer: an ability to be both authoritative on all the major faiths . . ., a reasoned insistence that religion today is misunderstood, as much by the religious as by their critics; and a passionate appeal to our fractious and fractured world to embrace religion's core message [of] . . . compassion and respect for others. -The Sunday Times [The Lost Art of Scripture] takes us on a glorious journey . . . Armstrong is the most articulate and generous-hearted exegete of religion writing in English at the present time. -New Statesman Rich and wide-ranging . . . a fascinating read . . . a treasure chest of social and religious history. Armstrong's lucid prose makes her many-stranded story remarkably straightforward to follow. . . . A learned and stimulating book. -Tablet Formidable . . . serious and inspiring . . . exhilarating, challenging and curiously comforting . . . Written not only with intellectual rigor and an accessible turn of phrase, but also with love. -Prospect Magazine

Magisterial. . . . Armstrong has won respect for her scholarly and thoughtful treatment of faith in books such as A History of God, The Case for God, and Fields of Blood. Her latest work builds on these, partly by exploring common threads across different religious traditions, and it's an encyclopedic undertaking. . . . Armstrong has written a highly rational tribute to the murky wingman of our lives that exists beyond what is material and rational. . . . I found the broad arguments at the beginning and end of this book to be fascinating and persuasive. . . . A dazzling accomplishment, a reflection of an encyclopedic knowledge of comparative religion and of a wisdom about spirituality in the human species. --Nicholas Kristof, The New York Times Unusual, often dazzling, blend of theology, history, and neuroscience. --The New Yorker [Armstrong's] most profound, important book to date . . . Both nonbelievers and believers will find her diagnosis--that most people now read scripture to confirm their own views, rather than to achieve transformation--on the mark. . . . This is an instant classic of accessible and relevant religious history. --Publishers Weekly (starred review) A triumph . . . Karen Armstrong is one of our great commentators on the sacred. In this book she explores the sacred texts with a scholar's eye and an illuminating clarity suggesting how much their wisdom and lasting power are still needed today. --Salley Vickers, author of The Enchanted April Karen Armstrong has written an amazingly wide-ranging book, showing that the world's religious texts can be a force for good today, rather than a cause of conflict. The scale of her knowledge never ceases to astonish. --John Barton, author of A History of the Bible The Lost Art of Scripture . . . exhibits [Armstrong's] well-known and admired characteristics as a writer: an ability to be both authoritative on all the major faiths . . . a reasoned insistence that religion today is misunderstood, as much by the religious as by their critics; and a passionate appeal to our fractious and fractured world to embrace religion's core message [of] . . . compassion and respect for others. --The Sunday Times [The Lost Art of Scripture] takes us on a glorious journey . . . Armstrong is the most articulate and generous-hearted exegete of religion writing in English at the present time. --New Statesman Rich and wide-ranging . . . a fascinating read . . . a treasure chest of social and religious history. Armstrong's lucid prose makes her many-stranded story remarkably straightforward to follow. . . . A learned and stimulating book. --Tablet Formidable . . . serious and inspiring . . . exhilarating, challenging and curiously comforting . . . Written not only with intellectual rigor and an accessible turn of phrase, but also with love. --Prospect Magazine

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KAREN ARMSTRONG is the author of numerous books on religious affairs, including The Case for God, A History of God, The Battle for God, Holy War, Islam, Buddha, and The Great Transformation, as well as a memoir, The Spiral Staircase. Her work has been translated into forty-five languages. In 2008 she was awarded the TED Prize and began working with TED on the Charter for Compassion, created online by the general  public,  and crafted  by leading thinkers in Judaism, Christianity, Islam, Hinduism, Buddhism, and Confucianism. The charter was launched globally in the fall of 2009. She is currently an ambassador for the United Nations Alliance of Civilizations. She lives in London.

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