WRITER

Karen Armstrong

1944 - Today

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Karen Armstrong (born 14 November 1944) is a British author and commentator of Irish Catholic descent known for her books on comparative religion. A former Roman Catholic religious sister, she went from a conservative to a more liberal and mystical Christian faith. She attended St Anne's College, Oxford, while in the convent and majored in English. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Karen Armstrong has received more than 1,096,564 page views. Her biography is available in 36 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 34 in 2019). Karen Armstrong is the 2,026th most popular writer (down from 1,961st in 2019), the 1,543rd most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 1,549th in 2019) and the 164th most popular British Writer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 1.1M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 56.10

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 36

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.86

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.88

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Notable Works

Through the narrow gate
Ex-nuns, Biography, Christian life
1981
Muhammad
Muslims, Nonfiction, Biography & Autobiography
This biography attempts to strip away centuries of distortion and myth and present a balanced view of the man whose religion continues to dramatically affect the course of history.
1991
The Spiral Staircase
Ex-nuns, Biography, Religion
2004
A history of God
Biblical teaching, Comparative studies, Dios
1993
A Short History of Myth
Literature, Myth, Mythologie
The history of myth is the history of humanity; our stories and beliefs, our curiosity and attempts to understand the world, link us to our ancestors and each other. Myths help us make sense of the universe. Armstrong takes us from the Palaeolithic period and the myths of the hunters right up to the 'Great Western Transformation' of the last 500 years and the discrediting of myth by science. Armstrong's typically insightful and eloquent book serves as a brilliant and thought-provoking introduction to myth in the broadest sense - and why we dismiss it only at our peril.
2005
Islam
History, Historia, Islamismo
2000

Page views of Karen Armstrongs by language

Over the past year Karen Armstrong has had the most page views in the with 126,970 views, followed by Indonesian (8,807), and Spanish (8,193). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Turkish (85.07%), Welsh (75.95%), and Sundanese (67.46%)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Karen Armstrong ranks 2,026 out of 7,302. Before her are Mariano José de Larra, Bella Akhmadulina, Giovanni Francesco Straparola, Julian Tuwim, Jean Starobinski, and Cassius Longinus. After her are Hallgrímur Pétursson, Wahb ibn Munabbih, Bob Woodward, Marcel Reich-Ranicki, Aloysius Bertrand, and Alciphron.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1944, Karen Armstrong ranks 196. Before her are Robert Powell, Peter Cetera, Kay Parker, Dennis Farina, Oqil Oqilov, and Igor Mitoraj. After her are Kelly Bishop, John Glover, Adrian Smith, Rocío Dúrcal, Marie-France Pisier, and Goukouni Oueddei.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Karen Armstrong ranks 1,543 out of 8,785. Before her are Fraser Stoddart (1942), Olaf Stapledon (1886), Ian Kershaw (1943), Nathan Rothschild, 1st Baron Rothschild (1840), Anne Conway (1631), and Jack W. Szostak (1952). After her are William Walton (1902), Henry Tandey (1891), James Dyson (1947), David Icke (1952), Lionel Robbins (1898), and Norman Davies (1939).

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Among WRITERS In United Kingdom

Among writers born in United Kingdom, Karen Armstrong ranks 164. Before her are Christopher Robin Milne (1920), Thomas Wyatt (1503), Edward Young (1683), Anthony Trollope (1815), Robert Southey (1774), and Christopher Isherwood (1904). After her are Philip Kerr (1956), Clive Barker (1952), George MacDonald (1824), James Hilton (1900), Patrick O'Brian (1914), and James Herbert Brennan (1940).

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