

The Qur'an
A Biography
Author: Bruce Lawrence
Series: Books That Changed the World #2
Narrator: Michael Prichard
Unabridged: 5 hr 11 min
Format: Digital Audiobook Download
Publisher: Tantor Media
Published: 02/24/2007
Categories: Nonfiction, History, Religion, Faith
Synopsis
In this book, one of the launch titles in the Atlantic Monthly Press's Books That Changed the World series, distinguished historian of religion Bruce Lawrence shows precisely how the Qur'an is Islam. He describes the origins of the faith and assesses its tremendous influence on today's societies and politics. Above all, Lawrence emphasizes that the Qur'an is a sacred book of signs that has no single message. It is a book that demands interpretation and one that can be properly understood only through its history. Lawrence's work is a beautifully written and, in these increasingly troubled times, invaluable introduction to and exploration of the core sacred text of Islam.