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Sounds like I need to check him out. Legolas Send a noteboard - 29/08/2012 09:15:50 PM
They're the only ones that provide actual intellectual textual criticism - What the Koran Really Says and The Quest for the Historical Muhammad are great. Of course, I also liked A Syro-Aramaic Reading of the Qur'an. It's sad that there isn't more serious skeptical analysis of the Qur'an and hadith, but then what can you do when half-educated mobs try to kill you for even suggesting that there might be a misreading in the Qur'an?

Judging by the Wikipedia article, seems he's not uncontroversial (in the academic West, I mean, among Muslims it goes without saying), I'll have to judge for myself. Seeing him mentioned in one sentence with Bat Ye'or makes my skin crawl, but that might just be an unfortunate coincidence.

It's certainly sad, there are efforts from within as well as from without (like the Mardin conference a few years ago), but they don't have much popular success due to socio-political reasons, obviously. Not a coincidence that that conference in question happened in Turkey, either.
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I suppose this is sort of a survey. Or not. Whatever: world religions nossy - 28/08/2012 03:39:17 PM 1167 Views
It's hard to suggest something when you can't elucidate a goal Tom - 28/08/2012 08:51:22 PM 942 Views
I know. I'm sorry. nossy - 28/08/2012 09:49:33 PM 834 Views
The best one I have is The Religious Experience of Mankind by Ninian Smart. Tom - 29/08/2012 02:09:14 AM 897 Views
Also, you might want to try typing in "Oxford World Religion" at amazon.com Tom - 28/08/2012 08:54:52 PM 870 Views
I'd recommend "The World's Religions" by Huston Smith ranagrande - 28/08/2012 09:35:59 PM 947 Views
I do own that. nossy - 28/08/2012 09:51:15 PM 915 Views
Haven't really read much about religion... interesting question. Legolas - 28/08/2012 10:13:08 PM 908 Views
I've read her book on Muhammad snoopcester - 28/08/2012 10:38:31 PM 968 Views
Hm, yes, I can see that... that she doesn't really dare to tackle controversies too much. Legolas - 28/08/2012 11:03:11 PM 860 Views
With respect to Islam, I prefer the Ibn Warraq edited ones. Tom - 29/08/2012 02:13:25 AM 902 Views
Yes snoopcester - 29/08/2012 05:21:22 PM 1089 Views
How many of these do you have? *NM* nossy - 30/08/2012 11:23:22 PM 369 Views
Sounds like I need to check him out. Legolas - 29/08/2012 09:15:50 PM 842 Views
He acts as editor on those books. Tom - 30/08/2012 04:04:45 PM 814 Views
I think the main effect is it means they can't be read alone to get a balanced picture snoopcester - 29/08/2012 05:19:55 PM 886 Views
I think for what you're looking for, Wikipedia and related online resources is all you need. *NM* Dan - 01/09/2012 02:19:14 PM 418 Views
Bleck. I can only surf the web for so long. nossy - 03/09/2012 03:39:56 AM 795 Views
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