Carl Ernst, William R. Kenan Jr. Distinguished Professor of Religious Studies at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and author of How to Read the Qur’an: A New Guide, with Select Translations, about the new book and why reading the Qu’ran staring at the beginning is difficult for new readers and how an understanding of its origins and purposes can open the door to a rich and rewarding experience.
Web page: http://uncpress.unc.edu/books/T-7953.html
For Ernst’s article about the controversy about the UNC Summer Reading program see his article “From the Heart of the Qur’an Belt” at www.unc.edu/~cernst/rsnews.htm
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