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

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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... read more

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It was 14 September 1962, the most important day of my life.

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1. Beginnings, 1962
2. Pointers, 1956-1961
3. A New Life, 1962
4. Tripton
5. Postulant
6. A Nun Takes the Veil
7. "The Death I Have to Die"
8. Burial, 1963-1965
9. The Scholasticate, 1965-1967
10. Oxford
11. Through the Narrow Gate
Afterword, 1980

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Karen Armstrong (Author)

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Dewey: 271.9

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Books › Religion & Spirituality › Authors, A-Z › ( A ) › Armstrong, Karen
Books › Religion & Spirituality › Christianity › Ministry & Church Leadership › Church Institutions & Organizations
Books › Biographies & Memoirs › Leaders & Notable People › Religious
Books › Biographies & Memoirs › Specific Groups › Women

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