Through the Narrow Gate: A Memoir of Spiritual Discovery by Karen Armstrong

Product Details

Synopsis

Through the Narrow Gate is Karen Armstrong's intimate memoir of life inside a Catholic convent. With refreshing honesty and clarity, the book takes readers on a revelatory adventure that begins with Armstrong's decision in the course of her spiritual training offers a fascinating view into a shrouded religious life, and a vivid, moving account of the spiritual coming age of one of our most loved and respected interpreters of religious.

Annotation

From the acclaimed author of A History of God comes a brilliant, unforgettable account of the formative, rigorous, often heart-rending spiritual journey that changed her life--seven years spent as a postulant and nun in a Roman Catholic convent. "Written with affection, some humor, and a bittersweet regret."--Kirkus Reviews. Photos.

Biography

After leaving her religious order in 1969, Karen Armstrong took a degree at Oxford University and taught modern literature. She has since become one of the world's foremost commentators on religious affairs; her most recent book is The Battle for God. A teacher at the Leo Baeck College for the Study of Judaism and the Training of Rabbis and Teachers, and an honorary members of the Association of Muslim Social Sciences, she lives in London.