The Spiral Staircase: My Climb Out of Darkness by Karen Armstrong Paperback Book

Description: The Spiral Staircase by Karen Armstrong Estimated delivery 3-12 business days Format Paperback Condition Brand New Description A raw, intensely personal memoir of spiritual exploration from one of the worlds great commentators on religion. Publisher Description A raw, intensely personal memoir of spiritual exploration from one of the worlds great commentators on religion. After seven years in a convent, which she left, dismayed by its restrictions, an experience recounted in â˜Through the Narrow Gateâ™, Karen Armstrong struggled to establish herself in a new way of life, and became entrapped in a downward spiral, haunted by despair, anorexia and suicidal feelings.Despite her departure from the convent she remained within the Catholic Church until the God she believed in died on me, and she entered a â˜wild and Godless period of crazy parties and numerous loversâ™. Her attempts to reach happiness and carve out a career failed repeatedly, in spectacular fashion. She began writing her bestseller â˜A History of Godâ™ in a spirit of scepticism, but through studying other religious traditions she found a very different kind of faith which drew from Christianity, Judaism and Islam and, eventually, spiritual and personal calm.In her own words, her â˜story is a graphic illustration â" almost an allegory â" of a widespread dilemma. It is emblematic of a more general flight from institutional religion and a groping towards a form of faith that has not yet been fully articulated but which is nevertheless in the process of declaring itselfâ™. Her lifelong inability to pray and to conform to traditional structures of worship is shared by the many who are leaving the established churches but who desire intensely a spiritual aspect to their lives.â˜The Spiral Staircaseâ™ grapples with the issue of how we can be religious in the contemporary world, and the place and possibility of belief in the 21st-century. Author Biography Karen Armstrong was born in Worcestershire. After becoming a nun in the 1960s, she left her order and lectured in literature at London University before becoming a full time writer, broadcaster and international adviser on religious and political affairs. A regular columnist for the Guardian, her books include A History of God, The Gospel According to Women, The Battle for God, Islam: A Short History, Through the Narrow Gate, her memoir A Spiral Staircase and A Short History of Myth: The Great Transformation and Buddha. Her work has been translated into forty languages. Karen Armstrong is also the author of three television documentaries. In 1999 she was awarded the Muslim Public Affairs Council Media Award and she was recently awarded a First Decoration of Art and Literature by the Egyptian Government – the first Western woman to be given this award. Since 11 September 2001 she has been a frequent contributor to conferences, panels, newspapers and periodicals on both sides of the Atlantic on the subject of Islam and fundamentalism. She has twice addressed members of the United States Congress, was one of three scholars to speak in the United Nations in the first session ever devoted to religion in that body, and has also been invited to advise members of the Canadian parliament on relations with the Islamic world. In June 2002, she gave the keynote address at the annual convention of the American Muslim Council, and is currently involved in a major project to develop an intellectually strong and pluralistic American Islam with leading members of the Muslim community. She lives in London. Details ISBN 0007122292 ISBN-13 9780007122295 Title The Spiral Staircase Author Karen Armstrong Format Paperback Year 2005 Pages 368 Publisher HarperCollins Publishers GE_Item_ID:160749574; About Us Grand Eagle Retail is the ideal place for all your shopping needs! With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and over 1,000,000 in stock items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! Shipping & Delivery Times Shipping is FREE to any address in USA. Please view eBay estimated delivery times at the top of the listing. Deliveries are made by either USPS or Courier. We are unable to deliver faster than stated. International deliveries will take 1-6 weeks. NOTE: We are unable to offer combined shipping for multiple items purchased. This is because our items are shipped from different locations. 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