Dr. Reza
Aslan, an internationally acclaimed writer and scholar of religions, is author
of the #1 New York Times Bestseller Zealot:
The Life and Times of Jesus of Nazareth, which has been translated into
twenty-eight languages.
He
is the founder of AslanMedia, a social media network for news and entertainment
about the Middle East and the world, and co-founder and Chief Creative Officer
of BoomGen Studios, the premier entertainment brand for creative content from
and about the Greater Middle East.
Aslan's
degrees include a Bachelor of Arts in Religious Studies from Santa Clara
University (Major focus: New Testament; Minor: Greek) , a Master of
Theological Studies from Harvard University (Major focus: History of
Religions), a PhD in the Sociology of Religions from the University of
California, Santa Barbara, and a Master of Fine Arts from the University of
Iowa, where he was named the Truman Capote Fellow in Fiction. An Adjunct Senior
Fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations, he is also a member
of the Los Angeles Institute for the Humanities and the Pacific Council on
International Policy. He serves on the board of directors of the Ploughshares
Fund, which gives grants for peace and security issues; Narrative Four, which
connects people through the exchange of stories; PEN USA, which champions the
rights of writers under siege around the world; the Los Angeles Review of
Books, and the Levantine Cultural Center, which builds bridges between
Americans and the Arab/Muslim world through the arts.
Aslan's first book is
the International Bestseller, No
god but God: The Origins, Evolution, and Future of Islam, which has
been translated into seventeen languages, and named one of the 100 most
important books of the last decade. He is also the author of How to Win a Cosmic War (published
in paperback as Beyond
Fundamentalism: Confronting Religious Extremism in a Globalized Age),
as well as editor of two volumes: Tablet
and Pen: Literary Landscapes from the Modern Middle East, and Muslims and Jews in America:
Commonalties, Contentions, and Complexities.
Aslan is Professor of
Creative Writing at the University of California, Riverside and serves on the
board of trustees for the Chicago Theological Seminary and The Yale Humanist
Community, which supports atheists, agnostics, and humanists at home and
abroad. A member of the American Academy of Religions, the Society of
Biblical Literature, and the International Qur'anic Studies Association,
Aslan's previous academic positions include the Wallerstein Distinguished
Professor of Religion, Community and Conflict at Drew University in New Jersey
(2012-2013), and Visiting Assistant Professor of Religion at the University of
Iowa (2000-2003).
Born in Iran, he lives
in Los Angeles with his wife, author and entrepreneur, Jessica
Jackley and their three sons.
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