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Carl W. Ernst

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Carl W. Ernst is the Kenan Distinguished Professor of Islamic studies at the Department of Religious Studies at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. He is also the director of the Carolina Center for the Study of the Middle East and Muslim Civilizations.

Ernst received his A.B. in comparative religion at Stanford University in 1973, and his Ph.D. at Harvard University in 1981.

Ernst's recent book, Following Muhammad: Rethinking Islam in the Contemporary World (UNC Press, 2003), has received several international awards, including the 2004 Bashrahil Prize for Outstanding Cultural Achievement.
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	Following Muhammad: Rethinking Islam in the Contemporary World 3.88 avg rating — 301 ratings — published 2003 — 14 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 Shambhala Guide to Sufism 3.76 avg rating — 297 ratings — published 1997 — 12 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
	How to Read the Qur'an: A New Guide, with Select Translations 4.03 avg rating — 77 ratings — published 2011 — 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
	The Shambhala Guide to Sufism 3.95 avg rating — 20 ratings — published 1997	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
	Eternal Garden: Mysticism, History, and Politics at a South Asian Sufi Center by Carl W. Ernst, Annemarie Schimmel (Foreword) 4.25 avg rating — 16 ratings — published 1992 — 6 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
	Islamophobia in America: The Anatomy of Intolerance really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 14 ratings — published 2013 — 8 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
	Sufi Martyrs of Love: The Chishti Order in South Asia and Beyond by Carl W. Ernst, B. Lawrence 3.83 avg rating — 12 ratings — published 2002 — 5 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
	Techings Of Sufism 3.21 avg rating — 14 ratings — 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
	Ruzbihan Baqli: Mysticism and the Rhetoric of Sainthood in Persian Sufism (Routledge Sufi Series) 3.67 avg rating — 9 ratings — published 1996 — 11 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
	Rethinking Islamic Studies: From Orientalism to Cosmopolitanism by Carl W. Ernst (Editor), Richard C. Martin (Editor), Bruce B. Lawrence (Afterword) 4.25 avg rating — 4 ratings — published 2010 — 6 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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“Many scholars accept the idea that the Qurʾan took on its present form by around 650 CE, and even comparative skeptics now assume that the text of the Qurʾan was codified by the end of the seventh century.”
― Carl W. Ernst, How to Read the Qur'an: A New Guide, with Select Translations

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“Qurʾanic rhetoric treats the divine revelation as so transparently true that only willful disobedience could inspire its rejection.”
― Carl W. Ernst, How to Read the Qur'an: A New Guide, with Select Translations

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“But there is a sense in which early Arabic script was primarily a memory aid for readers who already knew the contents of the text. In many ways, the written text of the Qurʾan was inseparable from, and indeed relied upon, the authority of oral transmission.”
― Carl W. Ernst, How to Read the Qur'an: A New Guide, with Select Translations

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