Karen Armstrong: Let’s revive the golden rule
People want to be religious, says scholar Karen Armstrong; we should help make religion a force for harmony. She asks the TED community to help build a Charter for Compassion, to restore the Golden Rule as the central global religious doctrine.
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ABOUT Karen Armstrong
“Religious thinker Karen Armstrong has written more than 20 books on faith and the major religions, studying what Islam, Judaism and Christianity have in common, and how our faiths shaped world history and drive current events.
A former nun, Karen has written two books about this experience: ‘Through the Narrow Gate’, about her seven years in the convent, and ‘The Spiral Staircase’, about her subsequent spiritual awakening, when she developed her iconoclastic take on the major monotheistic religions and on the strains of fundamentalism common to all. ”
She is a powerful voice for ecumenical understanding. Her 2008 TED Prize wish asks us to help her assemble the Charter for Compassion, a document around which religious leaders can work together for peace. In late fall 2008, the first draft of the document was written by the world, via a sharing website. In February 2009 the words of the world were collected and given to the Council of Conscience, a gathering of religious leaders and thinkers, who crafted the final document. The Charter has been launched.”
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