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Books like No God but God: The Origins, Evolution, and Future of Islam
No God but God: The Origins, Evolution, and Future of Islam by Reza Aslan is about islamic history, reform, modernity. If that's what drew you in, here are 6 books that share its DNA — each summarized on Superbook, and ready to chat with in the app.
- The Quran: A Biography
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Bruce Lawrence · Religion & Spirituality
The Quran: A Biography is Bruce Lawrence's contribution to the Books That Shook the World series, offering a scholarly yet accessible account of how Islam's sacred text has been received, interpreted, translated, and contested across fourteen centuries.
Read the summary → - The Varieties of Religious Experience
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The Varieties of Religious Experience
William James · Religion & Spirituality
The Varieties of Religious Experience originated as the Gifford Lectures delivered at Edinburgh in 1901–1902 and immediately became one of the most celebrated works in the study of religion.
Read the summary → - God Is Not Great: How Religion Poisons Everything
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God Is Not Great: How Religion Poisons Everything
Christopher Hitchens · Religion & Spirituality
God Is Not Great is Christopher Hitchens' comprehensive polemic against religion, published in 2007 as part of the wave of "New Atheist" books that included Dawkins' The God Delusion, Harris' The End of Faith, and Dennett's Breaking the Spell.
Read the summary → - Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind
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Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind
Yuval Noah Harari · History
Sapiens traces the full arc of human history from the emergence of Homo sapiens in Africa roughly 70,000 years ago to the present.
Read the summary → - The End of Faith: Religion, Terror, and the Future of Reason
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The End of Faith: Religion, Terror, and the Future of Reason
Sam Harris · Religion & Spirituality
The End of Faith was written in the weeks following the September 11 attacks and published in 2004.
Read the summary → - A History of God
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Karen Armstrong · Religion & Spirituality
A History of God is Karen Armstrong's account of how the idea of God has changed over four thousand years across Judaism, Christianity, and Islam, with excursions into Hinduism and Buddhism.
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