Armstrong is not going to be well regarded among those who wish their religious myths were right. She is well regarded in academic circles.
Please support this. A retired U of Chicago prof wrote
IT IS TIME THAT KAREN ARMSTRONG GOT HER COMEUPPANCE... ...and that has just been provided in a merciless (but accurate) critical evisceration of Islam's favorite former Anglican nun. This "appreciation" by Hugh Fitzgerald is from the latest edition of the New English Review.
richardMdBorn wrote:JAK wrote Fri Aug 24, 2007 8:07 pm
Armstrong is not going to be well regarded among those who wish their religious myths were right. She is well regarded in academic circles.
Please support this. A retired U of Chicago prof wrote
IT IS TIME THAT KAREN ARMSTRONG GOT HER COMEUPPANCE... ...and that has just been provided in a merciless (but accurate) critical evisceration of Islam's favorite former Anglican nun. This "appreciation" by Hugh Fitzgerald is from the latest edition of the New English Review.
Comments by one retired dude and you draw conclusions about Armstrong's reputation in academic circles?
when believers want to give their claims more weight, they dress these claims up in scientific terms. When believers want to belittle atheism or secular humanism, they call it a "religion". -Beastie
yesterday's Mormon doctrine is today's Mormon folklore.-Buffalo
richardMdBorn wrote:JAK wrote Fri Aug 24, 2007 8:07 pm
Armstrong is not going to be well regarded among those who wish their religious myths were right. She is well regarded in academic circles.
Please support this. A retired U of Chicago prof wrote
IT IS TIME THAT KAREN ARMSTRONG GOT HER COMEUPPANCE... ...and that has just been provided in a merciless (but accurate) critical evisceration of Islam's favorite former Anglican nun. This "appreciation" by Hugh Fitzgerald is from the latest edition of the New English Review.