Ebook {Epub PDF} Through the Narrow Gate: A Nuns Story: A Memoir of Convent Life by Karen Armstrong

 · Synopsis. Through the Narrow Gate is Karen Armstrong's memoir of life inside a Catholic convent in the 's. With gentleness and honesty, Armstrong takes her readers on a revelatory journey that begins with her decision, at the age of seventeen, to devote her life to God as a nun. yet once she embarked upon her spiritual training, she encountered a frightening and oppressive Pages:  · Book Review: Through the Narrow Gate by Karen Armstrong. Karen Armstrong attended a convent school in England. A scholarly, introspective child, her feelings of social isolation and an overwhelming desire to feel close to God led her to join an austere order as a postulant against her parents’ wishes. She was seventeen. Through the Narrow Gate is Karen Armstrong’s memoir of life inside a Catholic convent in the ’s/5().

I resonate deeply with Karen Armstrong's spiritual journey as outlined in this, her autobiographical sketch of her seven years in a convent. While I was never in such a highly concentrated and ostracized community as her convent, my own spiritual journey was marked by eighteen years of a stridently sectarian and legalistic environment that masked any ability on my part to know God. About the Book. Through the Narrow Gate is Karen Armstrong's memoir of life inside a Catholic convent in the 's. With gentleness and honesty, Armstrong takes her readers on a revelatory journey that begins with her decision, at the age of seventeen, to devote her life to God as a nun. yet once she embarked upon her spiritual training, she encountered a frightening and oppressive world. Find many great new used options and get the best deals for Through the Narrow Gate: A Nun's Story by Karen Armstrong (Paperback, ) at the best online prices at eBay! Free delivery for many products!

Through the Narrow Gate is Karen Armstrong's intimate memoir of life inside a Catholic convent. With refreshing honesty and clarity, the book takes readers on a revelatory adventure that begins with Armstrong's decision in the course of her spiritual training offers a fascinating view into a shrouded religious life,. Book Review: Through the Narrow Gate by Karen Armstrong. Karen Armstrong attended a convent school in England. A scholarly, introspective child, her feelings of social isolation and an overwhelming desire to feel close to God led her to join an austere order as a postulant against her parents’ wishes. She was seventeen. 'Through the Narrow Gate' is Karen Armstrong's memoir of life inside a Catholic convent in the s. With gentleness and honesty, Armstrong takes her readers on a revelatory journey that begins with her decision, at the age of seventeen, to devote her life to God as a nun.