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A Feast for Polymaths: Jack Miles on Gabriel Said Reynolds’s “The Qur’an and the Bible”
"The Qur’ān and the Bible" is a stunningly learned work, but its intended readers can only be those as polymathic as Gabriel Said Reynolds himself.
Religion
"You always admire what you really don't understand."
— Blaise Pascal
A Faux-Muslim Mission
Amir Khadem reviews John Wray’s novel “Godsend.”
Biblical Paraphrase and Hummus: Conversation with Dror Burstein on “Muck”
Ian Dreiblatt talks to Israeli author Dror Burstein about his new novel, "Muck."
A Return to God After God
Kevin Hart reviews two new books about Richard Kearney's work, "Richard Kearney’s Anatheistic Wager" and "The Art of Anatheism."
Facing the “Horror of Time”
"We need to realize that philosophy in the Islamic world has never been just one thing, any more than Islamic culture has been just one thing."
Bruno Schulz: The Shadow of the Word
Philip Ó Ceallaigh goes in search of Bruno Schulz 76 years after his murder.
The Polish Predicament
John Connelly reviews "Catholics on the Barricades: Poland, France, and 'Revolution,' 1891-1956."
The Emperor and the Empty Tomb: An Ancient Inscription, an Eccentric Scholar, and the Human Need to Touch the Past
Is the Nazareth inscription the oldest artifact of Christianity? A mysterious document and an eccentric scholar hold the clues.
Destroyed by Truth
Tridip Suhrud's careful work on Gandhi's "Autobiography" helps readers understand the man's experiments with the truth and the self.
A Muslim Founder of the Social Sciences?
In "Ibn Khaldun: An Intellectual Biography," Robert Irwin sets out to both demythologize and re-mystify the influential 14th-century philosopher.
The Supernatural as Natural, Healthy, and Banal
Jeffrey J. Kripal has a big problem with Clay Routledge's "Supernatural: Death, Meaning, and the Power of the Invisible World."
The Balancing Act of Buddhism 2.0
Stephen Batchelor’s new book, "Secular Buddhism," continues his reimagination of Buddhism for new times and places.
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