Why is religion still around in the twenty-first century? Why do so many still believe? And how do various traditions still shape the way people experience everything from sexuality to politics, whether they are religious or not? In Why Religion? Elaine Pagels looks to her own life to help address these questions.
America’s leading religious scholar and public intellectual introduces lay readers to the Qur’an with a measured, powerful reading of the ancient text
Garry Wills has spent a lifetime thinking and writing about Christianity.
"An eloquent and eminently readable translation . . . much closer to the way the first Muslims experienced the Qur'an." -Reza Aslan
These classical essays, some translated here for the first time, provide an objective, critical commentary on the traditions and language of the Koran
What do the world’s Muslims think about the West, or about democracy, or about extremism itself?
The New JPS Translation According to the Traditional Hebrew Text
The first comprehensive account of the newly discovered Gospel of Judas, revealing what this legendary lost gospel contains and why it is so important
This important anthology gives readers a vivid picture of the range of beliefs that battled each other in the first centuries of the Christian era.
Contemporary, accessible translation of the holy book of Islam in a Penguin paperback edition.
This accessible volume is truly essential for both scholars and followers of Islam.
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