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    St. Paul: The Apostle We Love to Hate
    St. Paul: The Apostle We Love to Hate
    St. Paul: The Apostle We Love to Hate
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    St. Paul: The Apostle We Love to Hate

    Written by Karen Armstrong

    Narrated by Karen Armstrong

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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 Apostle We Love to Hate, 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.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherBrilliance Audio
    Release dateSep 22, 2015
    ISBN9781501247842
    St. Paul: The Apostle We Love to Hate
    Author

    Karen Armstrong

    Karen Armstrong was born in Worcestershire. After becoming a nun in the 1960s, she left her order and lectured in literature at London University before becoming a full time writer, broadcaster and international adviser on religious and political affairs. She has addressed US Congress, the UN and Canadian parliament on Islam and fundamentalism. Among her other books is the bestselling ‘History of God’.

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    • 5/5
      Important analysis of St. Paul. I used to be a Paul hater, this book opened my eyes to the truth of his life and mission. I’m thankful to Ms. Armstrong for her valuable scholarship.
    • 5/5
      I admire Armstrong for writing this book, she does bring to light numerous relevant and good aspects of Paul, and shows that many of verses that are so repulsive to modern sensibilities were not actually written by Paul