Twelve Steps to a Compassionate Life

<p> Rich with wisdom and provocative ideas that stimulate deeper thinking and encourage individuals to identify a particular contribution to the global effort. -- Christian Science Monitor <br> Leaning on the wisdom of disparate faiths and belief systems, Armstrong lays out a pluralistic and, ultimately, secular way to spread compassion that's easy to believe in. - Washington Post <br> Charming. . . . Exquisitely intelligent. -- Financial Times <br> Impressive. . . . She seeks to retrain us from an ego-fuelled outlook of partiality and prejudice to an informed, expanded humanity. -- The Globe and Mail <br> When I hear that Karen Armstrong, the widely respected religion scholar...has a new book called Twelve Steps to a Compassionate Life, I figure it's about big stuff--and she does not disappoint. --Laurie Abraham, Elle <br> [An] important and useful book that will help many readers take on humanity's most important task: creating a better, more compassionate world. -- Tricycle <br> Intriguing and most accessible. . . . This book is the most substantial resource in this unabashedly idealistic project, one that is hardly shy about wearing its very big heart on its sleeve. It explores what makes empathy possible and effective--within each one of us and in the wider world beyond. . . . Armstrong appeals not to some least common denominator of feel-good altruism, but consistently to the concrete efforts of sages, philosophers and religious leaders from many eras, whose lives speak eloquently of empathy and selflessness. -- American Magazine <br> One of the gentlest, as well as best-known and bestselling, religious apologists and historian of world religions. . . . Expounds a beautiful and worthy thought. -- The Guardian (UK) <br> Twelve Steps is not merely a prescription for being more tolerant and loving. . . . It is also a call to action, and a 'lifelong project.' Armstrong is pleased to help show the way--and those ab