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Garry Wills' new book offers peaceful, palatable, version of Islam

In his new book, "What the Qur'an Meant: And Why It Matters," historian Garry Wills shows how some Americans ... Bush's pronouncements of Islam as a religion of peace, it's unclear why Wills would do ... read more

Pulitzer Prize-winning author Garry Wills will share his views about the Quran on Oct. 7

Shortly after 9/11, Pulitzer Prize-winning author Garry Wills was speaking with several academics when someone asked who among them had read the Quran. The answer ... “will help us understand the ... read more

Educating Americans to defuse Islamaphobia

As a result, our debates over Islam and Muslims aren't really about "them" as much as they are about "us" — and the supposed battle between the two. In his new book, "What the Qur'an Meant: And Why It ... read more

The Happy, Harmless Quran

“The religion of the Quran is a religion of peace.” So says Garry Wills on p. 140 in his book What the Quran Meant: And Why It Matters. Really? But we can skip over his first three chapters on the ... read more

Winter books: The getaway edition

“What the Qur’an Meant and Why It Matters” by Garry Wills (Viking ... by a scholar of Islam, so it shouldn’t be judged for its lack of originality,” Hamid writes. “It is a book for people who know ... read more

Scholars discuss Quran, misconceptions of Islamic faith

Christian scholar Garry Wills said he felt ashamed when his colleague asked him why, after all the time Wills had spent studying religion, he had never read the Quran. On Thursday at Evanston Township ... read more

Provocations: Progressives and Islam: strange bedfellows (DAVID NEESE COLUMN)

One who says so is Garry Wills, the Pulitzer Prize-winning historian ... Haykel adds: "People want to absolve Islam. It's the 'Islam is a religion of peace' mantra." If Wills can extract mountainous ... read more

The Toxic Mix of Religion and Government

Whenever some issue comes up that entails commingling of government and religion, careful examination almost always ... see the commentary on it by Garry Wills—is only the most recent illustration. It ... read more

Why politicians turn to religion in times of uncertainty

The overt mixture of politics and religion has a habit of catching pundits off-guard ... and it is also typically viewed as one of the most overtly religious. Author Garry Wills goes so far as to call ... read more

Educating Americans to defuse Islamaphobia

In his new book, “What the Qur’an Meant: And Why It Matters,” historian Garry Wills shows how some Americans ... Bush’s pronouncements of Islam as a religion of peace, it’s unclear why Wills would do ... read more

The pope who is unsettling the church in order to set it aright

Thomas Banchoff is director of the Berkley Center for Religion, Peace, and World Affairs at ... a reform of the hidebound Vatican Curia. He is unsettling the church — in order to set it aright. Garry ... read more