Reza Aslan è uno scrittore e studioso delle religioni acclamato, il cui lavoro approfondisce le origini, l'evoluzione e il futuro dell'Islam, così come il Gesù storico di Nazareth. Attraverso la sua scrittura, illumina la complessa interazione tra fede, globalizzazione e geopolitica. I suoi libri offrono una profonda esplorazione dei sistemi di credenze e del loro impatto sugli eventi globali. Aslan apporta una prospettiva unica e stimolante su questi temi critici.
One of NPR's Books We Love in 2022 In this erudite and piercing biography, best-selling author Reza Aslan proves that one person's actions can have revolutionary consequences that reverberate the world over
From the internationally bestselling author of Zealot comes a fascinating, provocative and meticulously researched history of humanity’s relationship with the divine. THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER In God, Reza Aslan sheds new light on mankind’s relationship with the divine and challenges our perspective on faith and the birth of religion. From the origins of spiritual thought to the concept of an active, engaged, divine presence that underlies all creation, Aslan examines how the idea of god arose in human evolution, was gradually personalized, endowed with human traits and emotions, and eventually transformed into a single Divine Personality: the God known today by such names as Yahweh, Father, and Allah. Bold, wide-ranging and provocative, God challenges everything we thought we knew about the origins of religious belief, and with it our relationship with life and death, with the natural and spiritual worlds, and our understanding of the very essence of human existence.
From the internationally bestselling author of 'No God but God' comes a provocative and meticulously researched biography that challenges long-held assumptions about the man we know as Jesus of Nazareth.
And ever since 9/11, we have unfortunately been fighting the same cosmic war, the war they want: the so-called 'War on Terror'.
Das Buch vermittelt die Geschichte des muslimischen Glaubens vom Propheten Muhammad bis zur Gegenwart. Durch Beispiele und Porträts bekommt der Leser einen Eindruck von der 1. muslimischen Gemeinde in Medina, den Rivalitäten zwischen Sunniten und Schiiten oder der islamischen Mystik.
In No god but God, internationally acclaimed scholar Reza Aslan explains Islam—the origins and evolution of the faith—in all its beauty and complexity. This updated edition addresses the events of the past decade, analyzing how they have influenced Islam’s position in modern culture. Aslan explores what the popular demonstrations pushing for democracy in the Middle East mean for the future of Islam in the region, how the Internet and social media have affected Islam’s evolution, and how the war on terror has altered the geopolitical balance of power in the Middle East. He also provides an update on the contemporary Muslim women’s movement, a discussion of the controversy over veiling in Europe, an in-depth history of Jihadism, and a look at how Muslims living in North America and Europe are changing the face of Islam. Timely and persuasive, No god but God is an elegantly written account that explains this magnificent yet misunderstood faith.
Reza Aslan erzählt in diesem brillant geschriebenen Buch die Geschichte des muslimischen Glaubens vom Propheten Muhammad bis zur Gegenwart. Dabei gelingt es ihm meisterhaft, den Leser von der ersten Seite an zu fesseln. Treffende Geschichten, Beispiele und Portraits vermitteln einen höchst lebendigen Eindruck von der ersten muslimischen Gemeinde in Medina, den Rivalitäten zwischen Sunniten und Schiiten oder der islamischen Mystik. Aber das Buch ist mehr als ein anschaulicher historischer Überblick: Aslan erklärt, warum der Islam gegenwärtig zwischen Traditionalisten und Reformern gespalten ist, und tritt für eine islamische Aufklärung ein.
