The Spiral Staircase
by Karen Armstrong
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Near Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0676974678
- ISBN 13
- 9780676974676
- Seller
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About This Item
From the publisher: The moving story of her own search for God by the highly-acclaimed author of the bestselling A History of God: The 4,000-Year Quest of Judaism, Christianity and Islam; The Battle for God: A History of Fundamentalism; and Islam: A Short History.
In 1969, after seven years as a Roman Catholic nun -- hoping, but ultimately failing, to find God -- Armstrong left her convent. She knew almost nothing of the changing world she was entering, and she was tormented by panic attacks and inexplicable seizures. Her struggle against despair was fueled by a string of discouragements -- failed spirituality, doctorate and jobs, fruitless dealings with psychiatrists -- but finally, in 1976, she was diagnosed with epilepsy and given proper treatment. She then began the writing career that would become her true calling, and as she focused on the sacred texts of Judaism, Christianity, and Islam, her own true inner story began to emerge. She would come to experience brief moments of transcendence through her work -- the profound fulfillment that she had not found in the long hours of prayer as a young nun.-Powerfully engaging, often heart-breaking, but lit with bursts of humor, The Spiral Staircase is an extraordinary history of self.
Synopsis
Karen Armstrong is the author of numerous other books on religious affairs, including A History of God , The Battle for God , Through the Narrow Gate , Holy War , Islam , and Buddha . Her work has been translated into forty languages. She is also the author of three television documentaries and took part in Bill Moyers’s television series Genesis . Since September 11, 2001, she has been a frequent contributor to conferences, panels, newspapers, periodicals, and throughout the media on both sides of the Atlantic on the subject of Islam. She lives in London.
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- Bookseller
- Shop-books.ca (CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 202000210
- Title
- The Spiral Staircase
- Author
- Karen Armstrong
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0676974678
- ISBN 13
- 9780676974676
- Publisher
- Knopf Canada
- Place of Publication
- Toronto, On, Canada
- Date Published
- 2004
- Bookseller catalogs
- Biography; First Editions; Non-Fiction; Philosophy;
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