Aslan may well be the most talented religious translator of his generation. He has a knack for tidy arguments: He’s perhaps most famous for eviscerating a Fox News host who questioned why Aslan, a Muslim, would want to write “Zealot ,” his 2013 book about Jesus. A professor of creative writing at the University of California, Riverside, Aslan wields words skillfully and speaks elegantly his ideas are perfectly suited for the internet-video age. But instead of arming readers with interpretive tools and good questions, Aslan tells a highly selective, generalized tale with the goal of proving his own beliefs. Reza Aslan’s new project, “God: A Human History,” is aimed at the analytically minded spiritual seeker, the type who hopes to answer deep questions on the divine with study data and tidbits about evolution. $28.Ī word of advice to the religiously curious: Don’t trust any history of God that has only 171 pages of text. GOD A Human History By Reza Aslan Illustrated.
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