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People want to be religious, says scholar Karen Armstrong; we should act to help make religion a force for harmony. She asks the TED community to help her build a Charter for Compassion -- to help restore the Golden Rule as the central global religious do
About Karen Armstrong
Karen Armstrong is a provocative, original thinker on the role of religion in the modern world. Full bio and more links
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