...Far From the Tree: Parents, Children and the Search for Identity."One of my favorite nonfiction writers is Karen Armstrong, author of "A History of God" and "Twelve Steps to a Compassionate Life," as well as "biographies" of Buddha...

...at the church every Friday for conversation at 10:30 a.m. and book discussion at 11 a.m."The Bible" by Karen Armstrong has been selected for this new session. Armstrong, the author of sweeping histories of religion such as "A History...

...histories written by prominent historians and aimed at the general reader. The first two titles are "Islam" by Karen Armstrong and "The Renaissance" by Paul Johnson. "Islam" offers a concise summary of many years of thinking and writing...

...United Church of Christ begins a new book on Jan. 6. The book selection is "Muhammad: A Prophet for Our Time" by Karen Armstrong. The book presents a clear and balanced portrait of the founder of Islam, a religion that continues to change the...

...difficult now because technology has created a global community that shares religions rather than isolating people, said Karen Armstrong, a former nun turned author and TV commentator in Great Britain. Church attendance in Britain has sunk to 6 percent...

...of Joseph's sister Dinah, to "The Prayer of Jabez," by Bruce Wilkinson, founder of a Christian ministry, to Karen Armstrong's "Buddha," a biography. Feiler, 36, who describes himself as a secular Jew, grew up in Savannah, Ga...