Karen Armstrong

I am recommending Karen Wilson for the Anne and Henry Zarrow School of Social Work practicum stipend. I have had the pleasure of knowing Ms. Wilson through my employment at Rose State College Student Support Services (TRIO) where I had the opportunity to mentor and provide tutoring services to Ms. Wilson. She has continually demonstrated her commitment to her academics and her community. Currently, she is employed by UCO Cares as a college Transition Coach. Previously, she peered mentored students at RSC and encouraged them to join campus activities such as student senate and to continue with higher education.

Stephen Prothero’s “God Is Not One” is a survey of world religions, comprising vital information on a vast array of different sets of belief. As someone who has never studied religion before, nor belongs to a particular faith, the variability within these religions is staggering. One might be satisfied to define religion as “how a person goes about believing in God,” but soon finds that even that definition has its holes. Thankfully, “God Is Not One” does an amazing job of cluing its reader into the nuances that are sometimes forgotten about the religions it approaches.

Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World is a fictional book, written by Jennifer Armstrong. It tells the true and extraordinary tale of the Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition, led by Sir Ernest Shackleton 1914-17. All of the men worked extremely hard to get back home alive, but three men stood out the most. Those three men are: Sir Ernest Shackleton, Frank Worsley, and Tom Crean. These men were definitely the most essential to the entire expedition, and took part in almost every single task executed.

The book, In the Beginning, by Karen Armstrong follows the first book of the Bible, Genesis. It unfolds some very well-known stories in Genesis. Armstrong goes through each of the stories of Genesis and interprets what each story is about and how we can relate it to our own lives. The book of Genesis can be difficult to understand and it holds many mysteries within it, but with the help of Karen Armstrong, we are able to understand the stories of Genesis and what they mean. This is the story of the Bible’s first book, raw and unchurched. Karen introduces us one by one to the characters and their stories, making no effort to turn them into saints, for they are nothing like the impossibly and depressingly flawless characters we met in Sunday School.

“The truths contained in religious doctrines are after all distorted and systematically disguised,” writes Sigmund Freud. Joseph Campbell’s, Hero with a Thousand Faces has 418 pages in it. The purpose of this book is to see mythology, religion, and beliefs in a more depth understanding. It also teaches us to explore a wide variety of history and philosophy. PROLOGUE:

Karen Armstrong is a woman with many experiences within the branches of religion throughout the world. As mentioned in the interview, Armstrong has written numerous books, visited many countries, and spent several years in a covenant as a nun. During the introduction, it is told that she has “written a biography of Buddha and a short story of Islam.” As the interview goes along she expresses how she is not selective towards any religion as she recognizes the strengths and flaws throughout each one. While she does show her support towards many religions, she also shows her disapproval of certain religions as well. Karen Armstrong’s focus throughout the interview is her belief that religions are focused on compassion and ridding of egotism. While Armstrong does make many valid points throughout her interview, there are also many aspects in which I disagree with her. I disagree with her view on Secularism and her focus on

There are many similarities and differences between Judaism, Christianity and Islam. There are also many differences that separate the three major religions of the world. This paper will delve into all three of them.

Throughout history, every civilization has had some sort of god or higher being. What does this mean about human nature? Does this point to something that is naturally placed inside us saying there is something greater out there? I would say so. How else would you explain civilizations in both south America and agent grease all had gods to explain thing greater then them, though they did not have any contact, not internet, not phones, not international postal delivery system.

Christianity and Islam are some of the largest religions in the world today. Relative to the massive followers there are quite some intriguing differences and similarities that can be found between the two, from their beliefs, their origin, practices and doctrines (Redditt). The Christians belief in the holy trinity, which comprises of The Father, The Son and The Holy Spirit, while the Islam believe in Allah as their God and Mohamed as the true Prophet. While there are quite a number of differences between the two religions, there are also similarities to match. One of the major similarities is the fact that the two are Abrahamic religions, meaning that they both believe that there is only one God. This paper delves into the aspect of the afterlife and that of deities between the two religions, by trying to establish the main differences and similarities.

As of today, the world’s two largest religions Christianity and Islam share an estimated 3.6 billion members, more than half of the world’s population. On the surface, they appear to have almost nothing in common, however, as one goes beyond the surface and examines the other factors such as the rituals, beliefs, ethics, founders, and convictions, the two religions share many similarities. However, in order to truly see and understand these similarities and differences, one must date back to the rise and birth of Christianity and Islam.

Christianity, Judaism, and Islam all have similar origins, development, beliefs, and sacred texts. Contrary to popular belief all three of these religions share more common ground than one would think. The differences are present of course, but the similarities help one understand where all three were derived from and why. All of the religions share the common ground as to the knowledge of Jesus Christ, the belief of monotheism, and “ethical standards required social justice for individuals and for the community” (144). Judaism is the oldest religion out of the three, then falls Christianity, and lastly Islam.

Religion has existed for countless centuries. Christianity is one of the major religions in this world, which had people be criticized, battle in wars, and killed for, but it still survived to this day. The purpose of this paper is to study the source of the religion, recognize the teachings, observe its spread throughout the world, and to identify how it stands among people today. Approaching this paper by a factual report I will explain these major points and why we need to know about this religion and other religions that existed before our generation.

On the surface, Islam and Christianity appear to have very little in common, however, as you get deeper into areas such as rituals, beliefs, ethics, founders, and sacred objects, the two show strong mutual similarities, particularly in the fundamental areas, while being totally different. In this essay I will compare and contrast many of the facets that make up the worlds largest and most recognized religions, Christianity and Islam.

On this vast planet religions are becoming more prevalent and are being studied more frequently in recent times. Many individuals want to study and learn about the origins of some religions, on where they were developed and what was the cause of this glorification of a divine. The art of religion is processed by many ideologies, background, beliefs, myths, and rituals. The five major religions of the world include: Christianity, Judaism, Islam, Buddhism, and Hinduism are solely based on these ideologies, and ultimately leads to one goal, to follow the path of god, or to seek a euphoric state of salvation. In spite of all the differences among the world’s five major religions, they have very similar ethical constructs, which should encourage more mutual respect among them.

The human journey can be seen as a quest. It is a search for knowledge, understanding, and satisfaction. The greatest of humanity's questions have involved faith, specifically the existence of God. Attributed with qualities like omniscience, all loving, and omnibenevolent, God has been worshipped for centuries. The belief of God has traveled a long road and still evolves to this present day. In The History of God, Karen Armstrong explored how men and women came to form a conception about God. Armstrong explained the formation of the three major monotheistic traditions: Judaism, Christianity, and Islam. Not only does she introduce the concept of the death of God and his future, Armstrong also argues that all religions in their purest form are quite similar. In The History of God, Armstrong, while applying a formal and objective style, effectively used rhetoric to narrate the epic history of God.