Qur'an

The Qur’an is not a description of God. It’s a call to conversion.

Gabriel Said Reynolds puts the two sacred texts into respectful, honest conversation.

Kahf turns the stories of biblical and Qur'anic women to see their many facets.

Who I'd invite to my writers' dinner party

We were seated on chairs arranged in a circle in the aptly named Hospitality Room, men and women from Iran, Indonesia, Egypt, Japan, and the U.S. We were reading the Qur’an. Some were Muslims who many people would not consider Muslim; others were Christians who many people would not consider Christian.

"The Qur'an is like a stream of divine consciousness. The literal meaning of the Qur'an is never the literal meaning of the Qur'an."

Anton Wessels emphasizes points of convergence among the Abrahamic religions, even assimilating their scriptural perspectives into a single story. It's an audacious wager, and not without dangers.

The faculty heard about a large influx of Saudi students on campus. I didn't expect to find them all in my world religions class.

In the decade since 9/11, it seems as though every trade publisher and university press has brought forth a guide to the Qur’an for the perplexed. Carl Ernst eschews the usual method for books of this sort.

This post by GetReligion editor Terry Mattingly is a classic specimen of the genre: some great media criticism, with sprinkled asides of conservative boilerplate.