The First Annual Thering Fellow, Reza Aslan, spoke on “Winning a Cosmic War: Can Common Ground be Found Within the Abrahamic Religions?” on Wednesday, October 29, 2008.

Aslan's first book, No God but God: The Origins, Evolution, and Future of Islam has been translated into half a dozen languages, was short-listed for the Guardian (UK) First Book Award, and nominated for a PEN USA award for research Non-Fiction. His next book, How to Win a Cosmic War: Why We’re Losing the War on Terror, will be published by Random House in the fall of 2008. — The UW–Madison Lubar Institute for the Study of the Abrahamic Religions [lubar.wisc.edu].