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        1. Carl W. Ernst is a specialist in Islamic studies, with a focus on West and South Asia.
        2. Carl W. Ernst devoted his academic life to translating Islam, linguistically and culturally, typically within the intellectual context of Religious Studies.
        3. "With translations of selections from Islamic texts, some appearing in English for the first time, Ernst offers access to Muslim voices and key themes.
        4. Carl W. Ernst is a specialist in Islamic studies, with a focus on West and South Asia.

          5. Carl W. Ernst devoted his academic life to translating Islam, linguistically and culturally, typically within the intellectual context of Religious Studies..

          Carl W. Ernst

          American academic

          Carl W.

          Ernst (born September 8, 1950, in Los Angeles, California)[1] is the William R. Kenan, Jr., Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Islamic studies at the Department of Religious Studies at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.[2] He was also the founding director (2003-2022) of the UNC Center for Islamic and Middle East Studies.[3]

          Life

          Ernst received his A.B.

          in comparative religion at Stanford University in 1973, and his Ph.D. at Harvard University in 1981.[3] He taught at Pomona College from 1981 to 1992.[4] He was a professor at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill from 1992 to 2022.

          It was his suggestion that set in motion the UNC-Qur'an Controversy in 2002, when UNC's Summer Reading Program required incoming students to read Michael Sells' Approaching the Qurʼan.[5]

          Awards and honors

          Ernst's book, Following Muhammad: Rethinking Islam in th