TED | TED Prize | Karen Armstrong | Wish: the Charter for Compassion

Charter for Compassion Karen Armstrong makes a wish to the TED conference. "I wish that you would help with the creation, launch and propagation of a Charter for Compassion, crafted by a group of leading inspirational thinkers from the three Abrahamic traditions of Judaism, Christianity and Islam and based on the fundamental principles of universal justice and respect." Here is the link to her talk. Compassion

Armstrong is the scholar that has brought to the public awareness, the work of Martin Marty at Chicago on fundamentalism, showing us that it is entirely a reaction to modern inequalities, injustice and social change.

"I say that religion isn't about believing things. It's ethical alchemy. It's about behaving in a way that changes you, that gives you intimations of holiness and sacredness."