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A longstanding expert in the study of world religions, Armstrong turns her deft pen to offer an indispensible 'third way' through the mire of argument between fundamentalist religionists and atheists, both of whom sustain a shallow understanding of religious life. She demonstrates that at its best, religion is a practice and not a belief, and that making faith only a mental or emotional statement reduces it from its deeper potential. To this practicing Christian, her understanding of religious life sounds much more consistent with the Way taught by Christ than the dogmas of many so-called 'believers.'
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The Case for God by Karen Armstrong
audreyguen, January 11, 2010
A longstanding expert in the study of world religions, Armstrong turns her deft pen to offer an indispensible 'third way' through the mire of argument between fundamentalist religionists and atheists, both of whom sustain a shallow understanding of religious life. She demonstrates that at its best, religion is a practice and not a belief, and that making faith only a mental or emotional statement reduces it from its deeper potential. To this practicing Christian, her understanding of religious life sounds much more consistent with the Way taught by Christ than the dogmas of many so-called 'believers.'