An edition of The Spiral Staircase (2004)
The spiral staircase
my climb out of darkness
By Karen Armstrong
Publish Date
2005
Publisher
Anchor Books
Language
eng
Pages
336
Description:
The author relates her decision to leave her convent after failing to find religious fulfillment, her struggles with depression and epilepsy, her realization of her calling, and her career working with sacred texts.
subjects: Ex-nuns, Biography, Religion, Faith development, Christian biography, Ex-religieuses, Biographies, Godsdienstwetenschap, Nonnen, Biographies spirituelles, Depressies (psychiatrie), Epilepsie, Armstrong, Karen, 1944-, Faith, Religious life, Glaubensentwicklung, Identitätsentwicklung, Nuns, biography, Large type books, New York Times reviewed, Women, biography, Great britain, biography
People: Karen Armstrong (1944-), Karen Armstrong
Places: Great Britain