Reza Aslan
| Reza Aslan | |
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Aslan at Texas Book Festival, 2013
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| Born |
May 3, 1972 Tehran, Iran |
| Residence | Los Angeles, California |
| Citizenship | Iranian-American |
| Alma mater |
Santa Clara University Harvard University University of California, Santa Barbara University of Iowa |
| Occupation | Academic, writer, producer, TV host |
| Organization | Aslan Media Inc., BoomGen Studios |
| Notable work |
No god but God Zealot |
| Spouse(s) | Jessica Jackley |
| Children | 3 |
| Relatives | Leila Forouhar (Aunt) |
| Website | Official website |
Reza Aslan (Persian: رضا اصلان, IPA: [ˈɾezɒː æsˈlɒːn]; born May 3, 1972) is an Iranian-American author, public intellectual, religious studies scholar, producer, and television host. He has written three books on religion: No god but God: The Origins, Evolution, and Future of Islam, Beyond Fundamentalism: Confronting Religious Extremism in the Age of Globalization, and Zealot: The Life and Times of Jesus of Nazareth. Aslan is a member of the American Academy of Religion, the Society of Biblical Literature, and the International Qur'anic Studies Association. He is also a professor of creative writing at University of California, Riverside.
Aslan's family came to the United States from Tehran in 1979, fleeing the Iranian Revolution. He grew up in the San Francisco Bay Area. At the age of 15 he converted to evangelical Christianity. He converted back to Islam the summer before attending Harvard. In the early 1990s, Aslan taught courses at De La Salle High School in Concord, California.
Aslan holds a BA in religious studies from Santa Clara University, a Master of Theological Studies (MTS) from Harvard Divinity School, a Master of Fine Arts (MFA) from the University of Iowa's Writers' Workshop, and a PhD in sociology of religions from the University of California, Santa Barbara. His 2009 dissertation, titled "Global Jihadism as a Transnational Social Movement: A Theoretical Framework", discussed contemporary Muslim political activism.
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