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...city seemed to whisper, Beware religion. Not even a strictly professional observer could miss the spiritual vibrations that emanated from those ancient walls and shrines, infecting every aspect of social and political life. In her immensely erudite chronicle Jerusalem: One City, Three Faiths (Knopf; 427 pages; $30), Karen Armstrong, British author of the best-selling A History of God, delineates how, quite literally, the stones of Jerusalem came to embody the deepest faith and identity of the three religions of Abraham: Judaism, Christianity, Islam. In so doing, even in a determinedly nonpolemical book, she arrives at some suggestive ideas about...
...Armstrong's step-by-step march down the years shows how a succession of spiritual decisions and political circumstances passed the city from faith to faith. The rise of Greco-Roman power opened the way for the followers of Jesus to remake Jerusalem into Christendom's holiest place, a development she regards with little sympathy. Christians were taught to worship God's presence in Jesus rather than a specific place, she says; only in the 4th century with the archaeologically suspect "discovery" of Christ's tomb within Jerusalem's walls did the church project ideas of the divine onto...
...marry him. Scarred by memories of the abdication and cautious in her role as head of the Church of England, Elizabeth turned her down; Margaret never really recovered, and the episode may have left the Queen permanently incapable of disciplining her family. Margaret's subsequent marriage to photographer Antony Armstrong-Jones exploded in mutual infidelities after a few years. Elizabeth could be formidably cool. Once, Margaret threatened to jump out her window if a friend who was hosting a house party did not leave his guests to comfort her at home. Panicked, the host called the Queen. "Carry on with...
...ARMSTRONG HITS THE ROAD...
...American cyclist Lance Armstrong is skipping the Olympic road trials in May, but don't count him out of the July 31 Olympic road race. He's hoping to amass enough World Cup points to earn him an automatic spot on the U.S. team. To do that, he will concentrate on the sport's premier event, the Tour de France in June. "The Tour will be the key for the Olympics," he told the Atlanta Journal-Constitution. "The [Olympic gold medalist] will come from the Tour...