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Description edit
Karen Armstrong explains how to practise the religion of compassion that her last books have preached. In November 2009 Armstrong and TED launched The Charter of Compassion, which states that "We call upon all men and women to restore compassion to the centre of morality and religion...to... read more
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First Sentence edit
All twelve steps will be educative in the deepest sense; the Latin *educere* means "to lead out," and this program is designed to bring forth the compassion that, as we have seen, exists potentially within every human being so that it can become a healing force in our own lives and in the world.
Authors & Contributors edit
- Karen Armstrong (Author)
First Edition edit
Original Language: English
Publisher: Knopf
Country: USA
Publication Date: December 28, 2010
ISBN: 978-0307595591
Page Count: 240 pages
Publisher: Knopf
Country: USA
Publication Date: December 28, 2010
ISBN: 978-0307595591
Page Count: 240 pages
Awards edit
- TED talk presenter (February 2008)
Classification edit
- Library of Congress: BJ1475 .A77 2011
- Dewey: 291
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Links to Supplemental Material edit
- Karen Armstrong makes her TED Prize wish: the Charter for Compassion: The TED Prize talk that inspired the "Twelve Steps to a Compassionate Life" video series and this book.
- The Charter for Compassion: The Charter for Compassion website that resulted from the TED 2008 Prize.
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