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"A History of God" author Karen Armstrong answers the biggest question of all.
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For Karen Armstrong, leaving her convent as a young woman wasn’t an act of rebellion. Instead, she grew estranged from her "inadequate" idea of God.
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The author of "A History of God" imparts the most profound lessons she has learned from the Jewish, Christian, and Muslim faiths.