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 Book Review: Karen Armstrong
With over 20 books about Islam, Judaism, and Christianity, Karen Armstrong is considered one of today's most provocative, original thinkers about religion. History of God, a 2008 TED winner, earned Armstrong $100,000 and helped fund her "Charter for Compassion".
In Twelve Steps to a Compassionate Life, chapters start with "Learn About Compassion" and close with "Love Your Enemies." In between, Armstrong tackles self-love, mindfulness, suffering, sympathetic joy, the limits of our knowledge of others, and "concern for everybody." Compassion Resources
Upcoming Events - Charter for Compassion - Electronically SpeakingSunday November 18 @ 2-5:00 pm, Downtown The PortalContact: Melissa Delaney (765) 429-0125 or Amy Paget (765) 429-0101 Join Project Director and County Librarian Jos Holman and Librarian Melissa Delaney in The Portal, TCPL's new technologies center. Electronically illustrate and communicate what compassion means to you and for our community. Projects may be based on a video of the Charter for Compassion, discoveries made in the TCPL conversation circles, and by utilizing ideas from your library's oral history resources. Click here for some ideas on what you can create. BCG Partners BCG Project Director & County Librarian of TCPL 765-429-0118 This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it  BCG Lead Partner & Purdue Univ. Division of Diversity and Inclusion 765-494-6969, This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it 
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