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St Paul is known throughout the world as the first Christian writer, authoring fourteen of the twenty-seven books in the New Testament. But as Karen Armstrong demonstrates in St Paul: The Misunderstood Apostle, he also exerted a more significant influence on the spread of Christianity throughout the world than any other figure in history.
It was Paul who established the first Christian churches in Europe and Asia in the first century, Paul who transformed a minor sect into the largest religion produced by Western civilization, and Paul who advanced the revolutionary idea that Christ could serve as a model for the possibility of transcendence. While we know little about some aspects of the life of St Paul - his upbringing, the details of his death - his dramatic vision of God on the road to Damascus is one of the most powerful stories in the history of Christianity, and the life that followed forever changed the course of history.
About the author
Karen Armstrong, geb. 1945 in der Nähe von Birmingham, England, war sieben Jahre lang katholische Nonne, bevor sie 1969 ihren Orden verließ und nach Oxford ging. Die international anerkannte Religionswissenschaftlerin verfasste zahlreiche Bücher zu den wichtigsten Weltreligionen. 'The Battle for God' stand in den USA und Großbritannien monatelang auf den Bestsellerlisten. Armstrong lehrt am Leo Baeck College for the Study of Judaism und wurde 1999 mit dem Muslim Public Affairs Council Media Award ausgezeichnet.
Summary
A fascinating account of the life of St Paul, by the world's foremost religious historian. 'Karen Armstrong is a genius' A. N. Wilson
Foreword
A fascinating account of the life of St Paul, by the world's foremost religious historian.
'Karen Armstrong is a genius' A. N. Wilson
Report
Armstrong rescues her subject from two-dimensional caricature and helps us see just why generations have needed Paul to "think with", not just about God, but about the possible shapes of human community in the face of unthinking conformism and the powerful stupidity of empires. Rowan Williams New Statesman
