“Despite two millennia of Christian apologetics, the fact is that belief in a dying and rising messiah simply did not exist in… — Reza Aslan Death Copy Share Image
Religion doesn't make people bigots. People are bigots and they use religion to justify their ideology. — Reza Aslan Bigots Copy Share Image
“Scattered across the Roman Empire, it was only natural for the gospel writers to distance themselves from the Jewish independence movement by… — Reza Aslan Bible Copy Share Image
“There is a term for this phenomenon—politicomorphism, or “the divinization of earthly politics”—and it is, to this day, one of the central… — Reza Aslan Religion Copy Share Image
Obama has been the single worst president in modern American history in dealing with the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. — Reza Aslan American history Copy Share Image
There's no question that homophobia is rampant among the world's 1.5 billion Muslims - but that doesn't negate the fact that there… — Reza Aslan Billions Copy Share Image
Well, to be clear, I am a scholar of religions with four degrees, including one in the New Testament and fluency in… — Reza Aslan Biblical Copy Share Image
“There would be no more record of who was rich and who was poor. Everyone in this new and divinely inspired world… — Reza Aslan World order Copy Share Image
My biography of Jesus is probably the first popular biography that does not use the New Testament as its primary source material. — Reza Aslan Bible Copy Share Image
The Islamic Reformation is already here. We are all living in it. — Reza Aslan Islam Copy Share Image
“Pilate, as the histories reveal, was not one for trials. In his ten years as governor of Jerusalem, he had sent thousands… — Reza Aslan Jesus Copy Share Image
Is it possible that Jesus, unlike 98 percent of his fellow Jews, was literate and educated? Yes, it's possible. — Reza Aslan Educated Copy Share Image
“The choice between James’s vision of a Jewish religion anchored in the Law of Moses and derived from a Jewish nationalist who… — Reza Aslan Faith Copy Share Image
“Paul's portrayal of Jesus as Christ may sound familiar to contemporary Christians—it has since become the standard doctrine of the church—but it… — Reza Aslan Christianity Copy Share Image
If the resistance is going to bring Trump down, it will require Democrats to follow the people, not the other way around.… — Reza Aslan Democracy Copy Share Image
“They fully bloomed in the pages of the Bible and the Quran, where the Sumerian word ilu became transliterated as Elohim in… — Reza Aslan Bible Copy Share Image
“As a text, the Quran is more than the foundation of the Islamic religion; it is the source of Arabic grammar. It… — Reza Aslan Islam Copy Share Image
Religion, it must be understood, is not faith. Religion is the story of faith. — Reza Aslan Faith Copy Share Image
“How one in the modern world views Jesus's miraculous actions is irrelevant. All that can be known is how the people of… — Reza Aslan Jesus Copy Share Image
Many poets in Iran have learned to speak almost a secret language, where political issues are talked about in allegorical ways. — Reza Aslan About Copy Share Image
The language of religion holds the most currency for the masses. — Reza Aslan Currency Copy Share Image
“The Prophet himself sometimes openly suppressed or negated older verses, considering them to have been replaced by newer ones. That is because… — Reza Aslan Poetry Copy Share Image
Mike Huckabee and indeed many of the Christian conservatives in the U.S. have far more in common with the Muslim Brotherhood than… — Reza Aslan Admit Copy Share Image
“It was not unusual to be called Son of God in ancient Judaism. God calls David his son: “today I have begotten… — Reza Aslan Son of god Copy Share Image
