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Purves, Ted (Editor)/ Selzer, Shane Aslan (Editor)Biblio.com

What We Want Is Free: Critical Exchanges in Recent Art

Reza AslanBiblio.com

God: A Human History

mfh153 bshb 000892 257mnbBrand new book; perfect except for light shelf wear and scratch on back of dust cover. NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • The bestselling author of Zealot and host of Believer explores humanity's quest to make sense of the divine in this concise and fascinating history of our understanding of God. In ZealotReza Aslan replaced the staid well-worn portrayal of Jesus of Nazareth with a startling new image of the man in all his contradictions. In his new book Aslan takes on a subject even more immense: God writ large. In layered prose and with thoughtful accessible scholarship Aslan narrates the history of religion as a remarkably cohesive attempt to understand the divine by giving it human traits and emotions. According to Aslan this innate desire to humanize God is hardwired in our brains making it a central feature of nearly every religious tradition. As Aslan writes "Whether we are aware of it or not and regardless of whether we're believers or not what the vast majority of us think about when we think about God is a divine version of ourselves." But this projection is not without consequences. We bestow upon God not just all that is good in human nature—our compassion our thirst for justice—but all that is bad in it: our greed our bigotry our penchant for violence. All these qualities inform our religions cultures and governments. More than just a history of our understanding of God this book is an attempt to get to the root of this humanizing impulse in order to develop a more universal spirituality. Whether you believe in one God many gods or no god at all God: A Human History will challenge the way you think about the divine and its role in our everyday lives. Praise for God "Timely riveting enlightening and necessary."—HuffPost "Tantalizing . . . Driven by Reza Aslan's grace and curiosity God . . . helps us pan out from our troubled times while asking us to consider a more expansive view of the divine in contemporary life."—The Seattle Times "A fascinating exploration of the interaction of our humanity and God."—Pittsburgh Post-Gazette "Aslan's slim yet ambitious book is the story of how humans have created God with a capital G and it's thoroughly mind-blowing."—Los Angeles Review of Books "Aslan is a born storyteller and there is much to enjoy in this intelligent survey."—San Francisco Chronicle Random House hardcover

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Reza AslanBiblio.com

No god but God

20059781400062133-2025Random House 2005. Hardcover. New/New. Author: Reza AslanPublisher: Random HouseBinding: HardcoverISBN: 9781400062133Release Date: 2005Number Of Pages: 336Details: Though it is the fastest growing religion in the world Islam remains shrouded by ignorance and fear. What is the essence of this ancient faith Is it a religion of peace or war How does Allah differ from the God of Jews and Christians Can an Islamic state be founded on democratic values such as pluralism and human rights A writer and scholar of comparative religions Reza Aslan has earned international acclaim for the passion and clarity he has brought to these questions. In No god but God challenging the â€œclash of civilizationsâ€ mentality that has distorted our view of Islam Aslan explains this critical faith in all its complexity beauty and compassion.Contrary to popular perception in the West Islam is a religion firmly rooted in the prophetic traditions of the Jewish and Christian scriptures. Aslan begins with a vivid account of the social and religious milieu in which the Prophet Muhammad lilved. The revelations that Muhammad received in Mecca and Medina which were recorded in the Quran became the foundation for a radically more egalitarian community the likes of which had never been seen before.Soon after his death the Prophetâ€™s successors set about the overwhelming task of defining and interpreting Muhammadâ€™s message for future generations. Their efforts led to the development of a comprehensive code of conduct that was expected to regulate every aspect of the believerâ€™s life. But this attempt only widened the chasm between orthodox Islam and its two major sects Shiism and Sufism both of which Aslan discusses in rich detail.Finally No god but God examines how in the shadow of European colonialism Muslims developed conflicting strategies to reconcile traditional Islamic values with the social and political realities of the modern world. With the emergence of the Islamic state in the twentieth century this contest over the future of Islam has become a passionate sometimes violent battle between those who seek to enforce a rigid and archaic legal code and those who struggle to harmonize the teachings of the Prophet with contemporary ideals of democracy and human rights. According to Reza Aslan we are now living in the era of â€œthe Islamic Reformation.â€ No god but God is a persuasive and elegantly written account of the roots of this reformation and the future of Islamic faith. Random House hardcover