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Reza Aslan (Persian: رضا اصلان, IPA: [ˈɾezɒː æsˈlɒːn]; born May 3, 1972) is an Iranian-American scholar of sociology, [1] writer, and television host. A convert to evangelical Christianity from Shia Islam as a youth, Aslan eventually reverted to Islam but continued to write about Christianity.
Dale Martin, the Woolsey Professor of Religious Studies at Yale University, who specializes in New Testament and Christian Origins, writes in The New York Times that although Aslan is not a scholar of ancient Christianity and does not present "innovative or original scholarship", the book is entertaining and "a serious presentation of one plausible portrait of the life of Jesus of Nazareth."
[4] Also, Muslim journalist Reihan Salam called the book "fascinating", and he has said that he considers it to be one of the most important books of the decade. [3] The New York Review of Books wrote that "[o]ne of the achievements of Reza Aslan's book is that it gives Islam as much internal complexity and diversity as the concepts 'the West ...
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Most recently, he won the 2006 Sawiris Prize for his book Hikayat min Fadlallah Uthman (Stories from Fadlallah Uthman). Since 1992, Aslan had been famous culture editor at the Cairo bureau of the London-based al-Hayat newspaper. Ibrahim Aslan, who passed away in early 2012, was awarded the Nile Prize for his works on Saturday.
A Voice in the Wind (1993) is the first novel in Francine Rivers' Mark of the Lion series. The novel follows the lives of Hadassah, a young Jewish girl captured when the Romans destroyed Jerusalem and is sold into slavery yet still holds firm to her faith in God; Marcus, a wealthy Roman aristocrat determined to get the most out of life; Julia, Marcus' younger sister, a high-spirited girl who ...
Mahmoud Aslan (Arabic: محمد أصلان), (1902 – after 1971) was an active participant in literary life during the French protectorate of Tunisia. He produced numerous novels, short stories, and plays.
2009 The Geometry of God was selected as one of Kirkus Reviews ' Best Books. [2] 2009 The Geometry of God was a finalist of Foreword magazine's Best Books. [2] 2010 The Geometry of God won the Bronze Award in the Independent Publisher Book Awards. [2] 2012 Thinner Than Skin was longlisted for the Man Asian Literary Prize. [2]