All posts tagged "Reza Aslan"

Religious scholar Reza Aslan said American conservatives are basing their criticism of recent comments made by Pope Francis on a “profoundly unhistorical view of Jesus.”

In this video excerpt from his appearance at Washington, D.C.'s legendary Politics and Prose bookstore and coffee house, author Reza Aslan talked about the chasm between some Christians' view of Jesus of Nazareth and what the historical record actually shows.

When a video goes viral on the internet, you might expect it to feature a kitten dancing on a hippo, or Russell Brand telling an awards ceremony about breasts. Not a theologian putting a Fox News interviewer bang to rights on why he, a Muslim, had dared to write a book about Jesus. Yet a clip of Reza Aslan doing just that went viral this month, pushing his book to the top of bestseller lists.

Sister Rose Pacatte and religious scholar Reza Aslan discussed Biblical literalism and other topics in an interview published by the Ignatian News Network on Thursday.

Comparing US values to Saudi Arabia an 'appalling and laughable argument': Aslan