Ferdinand Mount

Religion does not poison everything – everything poisons religion

A review of ‘Fields of Blood: Religion and the History of Violence’, by Karen Armstrong. The former nun makes a convincing case that religions are corrupted by success

The first suicide bomber was probably Samson, who died while pulling down the temple of the Philistines [Getty Images]
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  • Fields of Blood: Religion and the History of Violence

    Karen Armstrong

    Bodley Head, pp. 499

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