Thomas Bauer is professor and director of the Institute for Arabic and Islamic Studies at the University of Münster. He is the author of several acclaimed books in German.Hinrich Biesterfeldt is a retired professor of Oriental philology and Islamic studies at Ruhr University Bochum.Tricia Tunstall is an author, editor, and music educator.

Both the non-specialist and the seasoned scholar will come away from this book rethinking at least part of what they thought they know about Islamic culture in its past and present incarnations.

• ForewordIntroduction 1. Cultural Ambiguity2. Does God Speak in Textual Variants?3. Does God Speak Ambiguously? 4. The Blessing of Dissent5. The Islamization of Islam 6. Language: A Serious Business and a Game7. The Ambiguity of Sexual Desire8. The Serene Look at the World 9. In Quest of CertaintyNotes BibliographyIndex

Thomas Bauer is professor and director of the Institute for Arabic and Islamic Studies at the University of Münster. He is the author of several acclaimed books in German.Hinrich Biesterfeldt is a retired professor of Oriental philology and Islamic studies at Ruhr University Bochum.Tricia Tunstall is an author, editor, and music educator.

Both the non-specialist and the seasoned scholar will come away from this book rethinking at least part of what they thought they know about Islamic culture in its past and present incarnations.

• ForewordIntroduction 1. Cultural Ambiguity2. Does God Speak in Textual Variants?3. Does God Speak Ambiguously? 4. The Blessing of Dissent5. The Islamization of Islam 6. Language: A Serious Business and a Game7. The Ambiguity of Sexual Desire8. The Serene Look at the World 9. In Quest of CertaintyNotes BibliographyIndex

Thomas Bauer is professor and director of the Institute for Arabic and Islamic Studies at the University of Münster. He is the author of several acclaimed books in German.Hinrich Biesterfeldt is a retired professor of Oriental philology and Islamic studies at Ruhr University Bochum.Tricia Tunstall is an author, editor, and music educator.

Both the non-specialist and the seasoned scholar will come away from this book rethinking at least part of what they thought they know about Islamic culture in its past and present incarnations.

• ForewordIntroduction 1. Cultural Ambiguity2. Does God Speak in Textual Variants?3. Does God Speak Ambiguously? 4. The Blessing of Dissent5. The Islamization of Islam 6. Language: A Serious Business and a Game7. The Ambiguity of Sexual Desire8. The Serene Look at the World 9. In Quest of CertaintyNotes BibliographyIndex