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Philosophical quote of the day philosophers magazine, 42903 a healthy appetite for righteousness, kept in due control by good manners, is an excellent thing. Has religion played a positive or a negative role in shaping the world we live in today. However, fundamentalism has come to be applied to a tendency among certain groups mainly, although not exclusively, in religion that is characterized by a markedly strict literalism as it is applied to certain specific scriptures, dogmas, or ideologies, and a strong. The battle for god karen armstrong summary karen armstrong. Read the book on paper it is quite a powerful experience. Karen armstrong is the author of numerous books on religious affairs, including the case for god, a history of god. Fundamentalism, in the narrowest meaning of the term, was a movement that began in the late 19th and early 20thcentury within american protestant circles to defend the fundamentals of belief against the corrosive effects of liberalism that had grown within the. If the server does not provide a quick download, then we remove it from the list. This is a urdu translation book of the battle for god written by karen armstrong. Here is collection of 9 keran armstrong non fiction books in e. Where can i find a history of fundamentalism in the u. Armstrong spoke about her book the battle for god, published by knopf.
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