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Jack Miles

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Chicago, Illinois, The United States

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Jack Miles (b. 1942) is an American author and winner of both the Pulitzer Prize and the MacArthur Fellowship. His work on religion, politics, and culture has appeared in numerous national publications, including The Atlantic Monthly, The New York Times, The Boston Globe, The Washington Post, and The Los Angeles Times.

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Average rating: 3.92 · 4,180 ratings · 485 reviews · 43 distinct works • Similar authors

	God: A Biography 3.92 avg rating — 2,626 ratings — published 1995 — 47 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Christ: A Crisis in the Life of God 3.98 avg rating — 420 ratings — published 2001 — 24 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	God in the Qur'an 3.79 avg rating — 213 ratings — published 2018 — 10 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Religion as We Know It: An Origin Story 3.37 avg rating — 155 ratings — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Norton Anthology of World Religions (2 Volumes) by Jack Miles (General Editor), Wendy Doniger (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Donald S. Lopez Jr. (Editor) 4.21 avg rating — 53 ratings — published 2014 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Norton Anthology of World Religions: Buddhism by Jack Miles (Editor), Donald S. Lopez Jr. (Editor) 4.48 avg rating — 27 ratings — published 2015 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Norton Anthology of World Religions: Hinduism by Jack Miles (Editor), Wendy Doniger (Goodreads Author) (Editor) 3.60 avg rating — 25 ratings — published 2015 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Norton Anthology of World Religions: Daoism by Jack Miles (Editor), James Robson (Editor) 4.29 avg rating — 17 ratings — published 2015 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Norton Anthology of World Religions: Judaism by Jack Miles (Editor), David Biale (Editor) 4.60 avg rating — 15 ratings — published 2015 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Norton Anthology of World Religions: Christianity by Jack Miles (Editor), Lawrence S. Cunningham (Editor) 4.55 avg rating — 11 ratings — published 2015 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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God in Three Classic Scriptures (3 books)
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“The profound originality of a divine-human pact in which both parties complain endlessly about each other has too rarely been acknowledged as such.”
― Jack Miles, God: A Biography

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“You think you are alone. Then you raise your eyes, and you are surrounded.”
― Jack Miles

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“Religion [...] may be seen as literature that has succeeded beyond any writer's wildest dreams.”
― Jack Miles, God: A Biography

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July/August 2021 Group Read
Pulitzer Prize in Biography, General Nonfiction, or History

Devil in the Grove: Thurgood Marshall, the Groveland Boys, and the Dawn of a New America by Gilbert King, Winner General Nonfiction, 2013

11 votes, 32.4%

Original Meanings: Politics and Ideas in the Making of the Constitution by Jack N. Rakove, Winner History, 1997

6 votes, 17.6%

Gotham: A History of New York City to 1898 by Edwin G. Burrows, Winner History, 1999

6 votes, 17.6%

God: A Biography by Jack Miles, Winner Biography, 1996

4 votes, 11.8%

The Race Beat: The Press, the Civil Rights Struggle, and the Awakening of a Nation by Gene Roberts, Winner History, 2007

4 votes, 11.8%

In Our Image: America's Empire in the Philippines by Stanley Karnow, Winner History, 1990

3 votes, 8.8%

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