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
- Conversation Circle Resources:
- Women Leading the Way
- Conservation Circles
- Conversation Circle Resources at TCPL
- Dr. Trujillo's Conversation Circle Speech
- Supporting Studies:
- Greater Lafayette Diversity Survey summary
- Greater Lafayette Community of Choice Project
- Greater Lafayette Diversity Survey key findings
- Building Common Ground at TCPL:
- TCPL BCG Grant Narrative
- In the news...
- Upcoming Events
Upcoming Events - Charter for Compassion - Electronically Speaking
Sunday 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
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BCG Lead Partner &
Purdue Univ. Division of
Diversity and Inclusion
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Barbara S. Clark
BCG Lead Partner &
Diversity Roundtable
Greater Lafayette Commerce
765-494-1765,
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Building Common Ground: Discussions of Community, Civility and Compassion has been made possible by support from the American Library Association and the Fetzer Institute. For local information, call (765) 429-0101. To find out more about the Building Common Ground Initiative and the American Library Association-Fetzer Institute sponsorship, go to ppo.ala.org/commonground/.
