The Essential Koran

The Monday Evening Book Group gathered on May 20, 2013 to discuss Thomas Cleary’s illuminating The Essential Koran: the Heart of Islam. The Koran is the subject of much attention these days, and given that the group is composed of some seriously curious sorts, this was an intellectual itch just begging to be scratched. Our purpose—to neither convert nor condemn—arose out of a desire for greater understanding.