Fields of Blood: Religion and the History of Violence by Armstrong, Karen

Fields of Blood: Religion and the History of Violence

A sweeping exploration of religion and the history of human violence--from the New York Times bestselling author...
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Fields of Blood: Religion and the History of Violence by Armstrong, Karen

Fields of Blood: Religion and the History of Violence

CHF 30.55

Fields of Blood: Religion and the History of Violence

CHF 30.55
Author: Karen Armstrong
Format: Paperback
Language: English
A sweeping exploration of religion and the history of human violence--from the New York Times bestselling author of The History of God - "Elegant and powerful.... Both erudite and accurate, dazzling in its breadth of knowledge and historical detail." --The Washington Post

In these times of rising geopolitical chaos, the need for mutual understanding between cultures has never been more urgent. Religious differences are seen as fuel for violence and warfare. In these pages, one of our greatest writers on religion, Karen Armstrong, amasses a sweeping history of humankind to explore the perceived connection between war and the world's great creeds--and to issue a passionate defense of the peaceful nature of faith.

With unprecedented scope, Armstrong looks at the whole history of each tradition--not only Christianity and Islam, but also Buddhism, Hinduism, Confucianism, Daoism, and Judaism. Religions, in their earliest days, endowed every aspect of life with meaning, and warfare became bound up with observances of the sacred. Modernity has ushered in an epoch of spectacular violence, although, as Armstrong shows, little of it can be ascribed directly to religion. Nevertheless, she shows us how and in what measure religions came to absorb modern belligerence--and what hope there might be for peace among believers of different faiths in our time.

Author: Karen Armstrong
Publisher: Anchor Books
Published: 09/15/2015
Pages: 528
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.80lbs
Size: 7.90h x 5.20w x 0.90d
ISBN: 9780307946966


Review Citation(s):
New York Times Book Review 11/15/2015 pg. 28

About the Author

Karen Armstrong is the author of numerous books on religion, 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, crafted by leading thinkers in Judaism, Christianity, Islam, Hinduism, Buddhism, and Confucianism. It was launched globally in the fall of 2009. Also in 2008, she was awarded the Franklin D. Roosevelt Four Freedoms Medal. In 2013, she received the British Academy's inaugural Nayef Al-Rodhan Prize for Transcultural Understanding.


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