Reza Aslan Ordre des livres

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

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. Little known in America but venerated as a martyr in Iran, Howard Baskerville was a twenty-two-year-old Christian missionary from South Dakota who traveled to Persia (modern-day Iran) in 1907 for a two-year stint teaching English and preaching the gospel. He arrived in the midst of a democratic revolution—the first of its kind in the Middle East—led by a group of brilliant young firebrands committed to transforming their country into a fully self-determining, constitutional monarchy, one with free elections and an independent parliament. The Persian students Baskerville educated in English in turn educated him about their struggle for democracy, ultimately inspiring him to leave his teaching post and join them in their fight against a tyrannical shah and his British and Russian backers. “The only difference between me and these people is the place of my birth," Baskerville declared, “and that is not a big difference.” In 1909, Baskerville was killed in battle alongside his students, but his martyrdom spurred on the revolutionaries who succeeded in removing the shah from power, signing a new constitution, and rebuilding parliament in Tehran. To this day, Baskerville’s tomb in the city of Tabriz remains a place of pilgrimage. Every year, thousands of Iranians visit his grave to honor the American who gave his life for Iran. In this rip-roaring tale of his life and death, Aslan gives us a powerful parable about the universal ideals of democracy—and to what degree Americans are willing to support those ideals in a foreign land. Woven throughout is an essential history of the nation we now know as Iran—frequently demonized and misunderstood in the West. Indeed, Baskerville’s life and death represent a “road not taken” in Iran. Baskerville’s story, like his life, is at the center of a whirlwind in which Americans must ask themselves: How seriously do we take our ideals of constitutional democracy and whose freedom do we support?

Bóg jest naszą ideą i od nas zależy, czy okaże się dobra. To obowiązkowa lektura dla tych, którzy pragną zrozumieć, skąd wzięły się religie i jak ludzie wykorzystują Boga. W poszukiwaniach miłości, sprawiedliwości i pocieszenia, przypisujemy mu również cechy, których sami nie potrafimy kontrolować, takie jak gniew czy zazdrość. Stworzyliśmy Boga na nasze podobieństwo, co sprawia, że ta sama religia może być źródłem pokoju dla jednych, a przemocy dla innych. Książka jest aktualna, porywająca i otwierająca oczy, co podkreślają recenzje. To niewielka, ale ambitna opowieść o tym, jak ludzie tworzą Boga, która dosłownie oszałamia czytelnika. Autor, Reza Aslan, jest badaczem religii i duchowym poszukiwaczem, który narusza tabu, by zrozumieć ludzkie doświadczenia. Jest autorem bestsellerów, w tym "Nie ma Boga oprócz Allaha" oraz "Zelota. Życie i czasy Jezusa z Nazaretu". Specjalizuje się w creative writing, co widać w jego opowieściach. Jako telewizyjny komentator zrealizował dla CNN dokumentalny serial "Believer", w którym doświadczał różnych religii. Prowadzi również podcast "Metaphysical Milkshake" z Rainnem Wilsonem, gdzie dyskutują o najważniejszych pytaniach życia.

Aslan spricht aus, was vielen Theologen unaussprechlich ist. Walter Homolka über Der Zelot, zeit-online

A brief and lively history... Extraordinary. Alexander Waugh Spectator

This work presents a meticulously researched biography of Jesus that draws on biblical and historical sources to place his achievements and influence against the turbulent backdrop of his time. Sifting through centuries of mythmaking, the author sheds new light on one of history's most influential and enigmatic characters by examining Jesus Christ through the lens of the tumultuous era in which he lived: first-century Palestine, an age awash in apocalyptic fervor. Scores of Jewish prophets, preachers, and would-be messiahs wandered through the Holy Land, bearing messages from God. This was the age of zealotry, a fervent nationalism that made resistance to the Roman occupation a sacred duty incumbent on all Jews. And few figures better exemplified this principle than the charismatic Galilean who defied both the imperial authorities and their allies in the Jewish religious hierarchy

Autor svetového bestselleru Niet boha okrem Boha (No got but God) napísal fascinujúcu, provokatívnu a do detailov naštudovanú biografiu a núti nás prehodnotiť tradičné chápanie osobnosti, ktorú poznáme pod menom Ježiš Nazaretský. Reza Aslan sa prekopáva nánosmi mýtov uplynulých storočí a osobnosť Ježiša, jednu z najvplyvnejších a najzáhadnejších postáv v dejinách ľudstva, stavia do nového svetla. Výsledkom je elegantne napísaný životopis, ktorý čitateľa núti zamyslieť sa.

Sifting through centuries of mythmaking, Reza Aslan sheds new light on one of history's most influential and enigmatic characters by examining Jesus through the lens of the tumultuous era in which he lived: first-century Palestine, an age awash in apocalyptic fervor. Scores of Jewish prophets, preachers, and would-be messiahs wandered through the Holy Land, bearing messages from God. This was the age of zealotry--a fervent nationalism that made resistance to the Roman occupation a sacred duty incumbent on all Jews. And few figures better exemplified this principle than the charismatic Galilean who defied both the imperial authorities and their allies in the Jewish religious hierarchy.

Das Christentum verehrt Jesus von Nazaret als sanften Hirten, dessen Reich nicht von dieser Welt sei. Aber entspricht dieses Bild der historischen Realität? Kann es den grausamen Kreuzestod plausibel erklären? Der amerikanische Religionswissenschaftler Reza Aslan meint: nein. Sein Buch, das in den USA für einen Skandal sorgte, versucht zu ergründen, wer Jesus war, bevor es das Christentum gab. Es ist das fesselnde, brillant erzählte Porträt eines Mannes voller Widersprüche, einer Epoche voll religiöser Inbrunst und blutiger Kämpfe und einer Weltreligion im Werden.