Reza Aslan

Reza Aslan ( May 3, 1972 in Tehran ) is an Iranian- American scholar of religion. Even a graduate of the prestigious Iowa Writers' Workshop, he now teaches creative writing at the University of California, Riverside. Aslan writes for The Daily Beast and published the polarizing books " No god but God: The faith of the Muslims of Muhammad to the Present" (2006) and " Zealot: The Life and Times of Jesus of Nazareth" ( 2013).

Life

Aslan's family fled in 1979 from Iran to California. He studied at the Jesuit Santa Clara University and then received his master's degree at Harvard University. At the University of California, Santa Barbara, he received his doctorate in religious history.

Aslan first converted to Christianity, was then a Muslim. His book on Islam, " No God but God" was a great success with the public. " Zealot ", his book on Jesus ( he claims that the historical Jesus did not see himself as God ) met with the American right mad at a had crashed Foxnews television interview ill-prepared Lauren Green made ​​him really comes to media star and his work became a bestseller.

Aslan is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations and the Pacific Council on International Policy.

Writings (selection )

• Zealot: Jesus of Nazareth and his time. ( Original title: Zealot The Life and Times of Jesus of Nazareth, translated by Henning Dedekind, Norbert Juraschitz, Thomas Pfeiffer and Karin Schuler. ) Rowohlt, Reinbek, 2013, ISBN 978-3-498-00083-7.
• No god but God: . Belief of the Muslims of Muhammad to the present ( original title: No god but God translated by Rita Seuß ), Piper, Munich / Zurich 2008, ISBN 978-3-492-25123-5