Karen Armstrong on Benedict on Islam

Who, you ask, is Karen Armstrong.  The most popular--and the most accessible--of contemporary historians of religion.  And a former nun.  This is her most recent book.

Click here to read KA's undeniably provocative commentary on Benedict on Islam--and, more generally, on Christianity on Islam.

Maybe we Christians--including we RC Christians--should take a deep breath and, as we do so, reflect on some unpleasant facts about our own history--facts that helpfully contextualize some Muslims' response to Benedict.  KA's commentary reminds us of those unpleasant facts.
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