Through the Narrow Gate

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Through the Narrow Gate is Karen Armstrong’s memoir about her early years in a Catholic convent and her struggle with faith and religious life.

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instanceOf book
memoir
about Karen Armstrong’s experience as a nun
relationship between individual conscience and religious authority
struggle with faith and doubt
author Karen Armstrong
countryOfOrigin United Kingdom
followsAuthorLifeStage early adulthood
genre autobiography
memoir
hasSequel The Spiral Staircase
language English
literaryForm non-fiction
mainCharacter Karen Armstrong
narrativePerspective first-person
notableFor candid portrayal of convent life after Vatican II
critical reflection on Catholic religious formation
publicationYear 1981
setting Catholic convent
settingPeriod mid-20th century
subject Catholic convent life
Roman Catholicism
surface form: Catholicism

faith
religious life
spiritual struggle
theme conflict between personal identity and religious vocation
critique of institutional religion
leaving religious life
psychological impact of religious discipline
search for God

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The Spiral Staircase followsWork Through the Narrow Gate