What the Qur'an Meant
And Why It Matters
America's leading religious scholar and public intellectual introduces lay readers to the Qur'an with a measured, powerful reading of the ancient textGarry Wills has spent a lifetime thinking and writing about Christianity. In What the Qur'an Meant, Wills invites readers to join him as he embarks on a timely and necessary reconsideration of the Qur'an, leading us through perplexing passages with insight and erudition. What does the Qur'an actually say about veiling women? Does it justify religious war? There was a time when ordinary Americans did not have to know much about Islam. That is no longer the case. We blundered into the longest…
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Produktdetails
- ISBN: 978-1-101-98102-3
- EAN: 9781101981023
- Produktnummer: 22396845
- Verlag: Random House N.Y.
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2017
- Seitenangabe: 240 S.
- Masse: H21.9 cm x B14.9 cm x D2.7 cm 359 g
- Gewicht: 359
Über den Autor
Garry Wills is a Pulitzer Prize–winning historian and the author of The New York Times bestsellers What Jesus Meant, Papal Sin, Why I Am a Catholic, and Why Priests?, among others. He studied for the priesthood, took his doctorate in the classics, and taught ancient and New Testament Greek at Johns Hopkins University. Professor of history emeritus at Northwestern University, he lives in Evanston, Illinois.
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