What the Qurʼan meant and why it matters
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New York : Viking, 2017., , 2017.
Physical Desc
226 pages 22cm
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Community College of Aurora - CentreTech - BOOKS
BP 130 .W55 2017
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BP 130 .W55 2017
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Published
New York : Viking, 2017., , 2017.
Format
Book
Street Date
1710
Language
English
Notes
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Includes index.
Description
Garry Wills has spent a lifetime thinking and writing about Christianity. In What the Quran Meant, Wills invites readers to join him as he embarks on a timely and necessary reconsideration of the Quran, leading us through perplexing passages with insight and erudition. What does the Quran 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 war in our history without knowing basic facts about the Islamic civilization with which we were dealing. We are constantly fed false information about Islam-claims that it is essentially a religion of violence, that its sacred book is a handbook for terrorists. There is no way to assess these claims unless we have at least some knowledge of the Quran. In this book Wills, as a non-Muslim with an open mind, reads the Quran with sympathy but with rigor, trying to discover why other non-Muslims-such as Pope Francis-find it an inspiring book, worthy to guide people down through the centuries. There are many traditions that add to and distort and blunt the actual words of the text. What Wills does resembles the work of art restorers who clean away accumulated layers of dust to find the original meaning. He compares the Quran with other sacred books, the Old Testament and the New Testament, to show many parallels between them. There are also parallel difficulties of interpretation, which call for patient exploration-and which offer some thrills of discovery. What the Quran Meant is the opening of a conversation on one of the worlds most practiced religions.
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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Wills, G. (2017). What the Qurʼan meant and why it matters . Viking.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Wills, Garry, 1934-. 2017. What the Qurʼan Meant and Why It Matters. Viking.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Wills, Garry, 1934-. What the Qurʼan Meant and Why It Matters Viking, 2017.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Wills, Garry. What the Qurʼan Meant and Why It Matters Viking, 2017.
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