The Battle for God - by Karen Armstrong http://booktalk.yuku.com/forums/35 Book #18: Jan., Feb. & Mar. 2005 - Book Reviews of The Battle for God - Karen Armstrong Biography ]]> en-us Copyright 2006, Yuku feeds@yuku.com (FeedMaster) webmaster@yuku.com (WebMaster) Thu, 01 Nov 2007 02:14:24 GMT Yuku Feeds 1.0 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 60 Yuku http://static.yuku.com//feed/bypass/images/button-yuku.png http://booktalk.yuku.com/forums/35 Yuku - free hosted forums and profiles 88 31 {pics-1.1 "http://www.icra.org/ratingsv02.html" l gen true for "http://yuku.com" r (nz 1 vz 1 lz 1 oz 1 cz 1 ) "http://www.rsac.org/ratingsv01.html" l gen true for "http://yuku.com" r (n 0 s 0 v 0 l 0 )) Search Search Domain q http://yuku.com/search/direct/ <![CDATA[ booktalk moved ]]> http://booktalk.yuku.com/topic/3747/t/booktalk-moved.html www.booktalk.org!

If you are a past BookTalk.org member wishing to access your old ezboard account on our new book discussion forums please send me an email at chris AT booktalk DOT org. Tell me your ezboard name and the email address you would like used with your new account and I will email you a new password. Once you have your new password you should go to feeds@yuku.com (Chris OConnor) http://booktalk.yuku.com/topic/3747 Mon, 17 Sep 2007 00:54:30 GMT <![CDATA[ Rate this book! ]]> http://booktalk.yuku.com/topic/3748/t/Rate-this-book-.html feeds@yuku.com (Chris OConnor) http://booktalk.yuku.com/topic/3748 Tue, 28 Feb 2006 04:42:08 GMT <![CDATA[ Dead, for a ducat! ]]> http://booktalk.yuku.com/topic/3757/t/Dead-for-a-ducat-.html
For my part, whether or not I continue depends in very large part on whether or not there's going to be any further discussion on it. I've enjoyed the conversation more than the book, and without the promise of more talk, I'm not sure I can muster the will to pick up "The Battle for God" rather than one of the 5 or 6 other books that I'm reading at the moment. ]]> feeds@yuku.com (MadArchitect) http://booktalk.yuku.com/topic/3757 Thu, 17 Mar 2005 14:19:21 GMT <![CDATA[ e-interview questions for Karen Armstrong ]]> http://booktalk.yuku.com/topic/3758/t/e-interview-questions-for-Karen-Armstrong.html
e-interview questions for Karen Armstrong


Please post your questions to Karen Armstrong in this thread. You're welcome to use this thread to discuss the e-interview process, or anything pertaining to the questions you see people posting, but when it comes to forming your actual questions please make them relevant and grammatically... ]]> feeds@yuku.com (Chris OConnor) http://booktalk.yuku.com/topic/3758 Wed, 16 Feb 2005 18:09:21 GMT <![CDATA[ Nick needs to drop out? ]]> http://booktalk.yuku.com/topic/3762/t/Nick-needs-to-drop-out-.html
If for some unfortunate reason I am still alive over the course of the discussion and things clear up, I will try to jump in again.

Thanks!

Mr. P.
The one thing of which I am positive is that there is much of which to be negative - Mr. P.

I came to get down, I came to get down. So get... ]]> feeds@yuku.com (misterpessimistic) http://booktalk.yuku.com/topic/3762 Wed, 16 Feb 2005 08:23:59 GMT <![CDATA[ Is belief a choice? ]]> http://booktalk.yuku.com/topic/3753/t/Is-belief-a-choice-.html
She states that I CHOSE to not believe in god. I explained that it was not a choice, but an understanding of the truth. That after experienceing life, along with 18 years of being raised in a religious family, 12 years in Catholic school and other experiences, I just did not believe in god. Not a choice, but an awareness.

I even tried to be fair and asked her that if she wanted to, could she... ]]> feeds@yuku.com (misterpessimistic) http://booktalk.yuku.com/topic/3753 Thu, 10 Feb 2005 16:37:44 GMT <![CDATA[ Live chat vs. e-interview?? A discussion ]]> http://booktalk.yuku.com/topic/3767/t/Live-chat-vs-e-interview-A-discussion.html
She is currently finishing up a new book and then immediately going on a tour of the US. The tour should wrap up in late April, so a chat session wouldn't be possible until early May, 2005. May is a long ways away, and I'm worried about our interest level waning as we will be deep into a new book... ]]> feeds@yuku.com (Chris OConnor) http://booktalk.yuku.com/topic/3767 Wed, 09 Feb 2005 13:49:32 GMT <![CDATA[ Excellent interview with Bill Moyers ]]> http://booktalk.yuku.com/topic/3769/t/Excellent-interview-with-Bill-Moyers.html Excellent interview with Bill Moyers...



BILL MOYERS: She was a spark plug in my PBS series on Genesis, her books are best sellers, "The History of God", "The Battle for God", "Jerusalem". She's written a... ]]> feeds@yuku.com (Chris OConnor) http://booktalk.yuku.com/topic/3769 Wed, 09 Feb 2005 12:51:52 GMT <![CDATA[ Afterword ]]> http://booktalk.yuku.com/topic/3770/t/Afterword.html
I read the afterword and it hit upon a few of the things Mad, Ken, yellow and myself have been discussing. I opened me up to some of what Mad and Ken are saying, but solidified what I am thinking too.

I don't see Ms. Armstrong as pushing an agenda, just trying to explain things as she perceives them...offering a thesis of the old and the new, the three faiths and where this has... ]]> feeds@yuku.com (misterpessimistic) http://booktalk.yuku.com/topic/3770 Sat, 05 Feb 2005 01:07:33 GMT <![CDATA[ Independent Review ]]> http://booktalk.yuku.com/topic/3768/t/Independent-Review.html
Here is the link for her site:

Kim Allen

Mr. P.



Quote:
Today's newspapers and magazines are filled with stories about religious extremism: from the... ]]> feeds@yuku.com (misterpessimistic) http://booktalk.yuku.com/topic/3768 Fri, 04 Feb 2005 12:56:31 GMT <![CDATA[ Harris/Armstrong/Hiatus ]]> http://booktalk.yuku.com/topic/3755/t/Harris-Armstrong-Hiatus.html The End of Faith. One reason is that I'm reading Harris with the brights, who meet every month. The other is that the 27th version of "god shaped hole in the modern spirit" is going to make me barf.
If you make yourself really small, you can externalize virtually everything. Daniel Dennett, 1984
]]> feeds@yuku.com (Jeremy1952) http://booktalk.yuku.com/topic/3755 Mon, 31 Jan 2005 16:28:58 GMT <![CDATA[ Mythos Schmythos ]]> http://booktalk.yuku.com/topic/3763/t/Mythos-Schmythos.html
We are told: "Unless we find some significance in out lives, we mortal men and women fall very easily into despair. The mythos of a society provided people with a context that made sense of their day-to-day lives; it directed their attention to the eternal and the universal"

A key question is to ask how exactly myth is going... ]]> feeds@yuku.com (Ken Hemingway) http://booktalk.yuku.com/topic/3763 Wed, 26 Jan 2005 19:17:03 GMT <![CDATA[ Don't have the book yet? Read entire Intro here! ]]> http://booktalk.yuku.com/topic/3774/t/Don-t-have-the-book-yet-Read-entire-Intro-here-.html "The Battle for God," you might want to read the entire Introduction below. Nick, aka "misterpessimistic," has created a feeds@yuku.com (Chris OConnor) http://booktalk.yuku.com/topic/3774 Wed, 19 Jan 2005 18:57:56 GMT <![CDATA[ ARRRGH! ]]> http://booktalk.yuku.com/topic/3773/t/ARRRGH-.html
I am not happy!

I will try to recapture the essence of what I was saying...

>:

Mr. P.

... ]]> feeds@yuku.com (misterpessimistic) http://booktalk.yuku.com/topic/3773 Sun, 16 Jan 2005 17:57:47 GMT <![CDATA[ Question 7:The ultimate "meaning and value" of lif ]]> http://booktalk.yuku.com/topic/3754/t/Question-7-The-ultimate-quot-meaning-and-value-quot-of-lif.html
What is your own view of the "ultimate meaning and value" of life in the modern world? Do you find meaning and value in life through... ]]> feeds@yuku.com (misterpessimistic) http://booktalk.yuku.com/topic/3754 Sun, 16 Jan 2005 15:29:01 GMT <![CDATA[ Question 6: Are the five sense all there is to it? ]]> http://booktalk.yuku.com/topic/3750/t/Question-6-Are-the-five-sense-all-there-is-to-it-.html feeds@yuku.com (misterpessimistic) http://booktalk.yuku.com/topic/3750 Sun, 16 Jan 2005 15:24:31 GMT <![CDATA[ Question 5: Events that changed the world. ]]> http://booktalk.yuku.com/topic/3775/t/Question-5-Events-that-changed-the-world-.html
Do you agree that these events changed the world as we know it?



Mr. P.
The one thing of which I am positive is that there is much of which to be negative - Mr. P.

I... ]]> feeds@yuku.com (misterpessimistic) http://booktalk.yuku.com/topic/3775 Sun, 16 Jan 2005 15:20:12 GMT <![CDATA[ Question 4: Have your views of Islam changed after reading? ]]> http://booktalk.yuku.com/topic/3751/t/Question-4-Have-your-views-of-Islam-changed-after-reading-.html
Did Armstrong's description of the history of Islam change the way you view the Islamic world as it is depicted in news media and popular entertainment today?



Mr. P.
The one thing of which I am positive is that there is much of which to be negative - Mr. P.

I came to get down, I came to get down. So get out ya seat and... ]]> feeds@yuku.com (misterpessimistic) http://booktalk.yuku.com/topic/3751 Sun, 16 Jan 2005 15:16:51 GMT <![CDATA[ Question 3: Are converts more zealous? ]]> http://booktalk.yuku.com/topic/3776/t/Question-3-Are-converts-more-zealous-.html
Do you believe that a convert is more likely to be zealous in his or her new faith than someone who was born into the same faith?




Mr. P.
The one thing of which I am positive is that there is much of which to be negative - Mr. P.

I came to get down, I came to get down. So get out... ]]> feeds@yuku.com (misterpessimistic) http://booktalk.yuku.com/topic/3776 Sun, 16 Jan 2005 15:14:19 GMT <![CDATA[ Question 2:Mythos & Logos - How do these terms apply to ]]> http://booktalk.yuku.com/topic/3777/t/Question-2-Mythos-amp-Logos-How-do-these-terms-apply-to.html
How do these terms apply to your own experience of religious and secular life?



Mr. P.
The one thing of which I am positive is that there is much of which to... ]]> feeds@yuku.com (misterpessimistic) http://booktalk.yuku.com/topic/3777 Sun, 16 Jan 2005 15:10:11 GMT