Topic: TED2008

Ted Talks: Karen Armstrong - Charter for Compassion

April 15, 2008 |

As she accepts her 2008 TED Prize, author and scholar Karen Armstrong talks about how the Abrahamic religions — Islam, Judaism, Christianity — have been diverted from the moral purpose they share to foster compassion. But Armstrong has seen a yearning to change this fact. People want to be religious, she says; we should act to help make religion a force for harmony. She asks the TED community to help her build a Charter for Compassion — to help restore the Golden Rule as the central global religious doctrine.

«Read the rest of this article»

Sections: Arts and Leisure, Spirituality | No Comments