Books by Reza Aslan
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English
review 1: Fascinating and eye opening exploration of "who was Jesus," written from a historical perspective. Describes the context for how and why the gospels were written as they were. this includes pointing out some key bibical stories that simply do not make sense given the historical r...
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English
review 1: This book is an anthology of poems, short stories, and exerpts from longer works by Arab, Turkish, Persian, and Pakistani writers. The selections are organized chronologically, with the editor introducing each section with some comments on the cultural context that produced the ...
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review 1: An interesting, and surprisingly impartial, book speculating on what it takes to spur some religious people to wage war in the name of God, or to use the language of the book, to wage a 'cosmic war'.Far from concentrating solely on one religion, Aslan is clear to include religiou...