VromansBookstore.com/Random House; Dhr. Seven, CC Liu (eds.), Wisdom Quarterly
Our favorite Muslim, scholar Reza Aslan |
The #1 New York Times bestselling author of Zealot: The Life and Times of Jesus of Nazareth and host of Believer Reza Aslan explores humanity's quest to make sense of the divine and sounds a call to embrace a deeper, more expansive understanding of "GOD."
In Zealot, Christian Bible scholar Reza Aslan replaced the staid, well-worn portrayal of [the historical] Jesus of Nazareth [who differs from the fantasy Jesus Christ] 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 Zealot, Christian Bible scholar Reza Aslan replaced the staid, well-worn portrayal of [the historical] Jesus of Nazareth [who differs from the fantasy Jesus Christ] 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.
- Monday, Nov. 27, 2017, 7:00 pm
- All Saints Church, 132 N. Euclid Ave.
- Pasadena, California 91101 (626) 449-5320
In layered prose and with thoughtful, accessible scholarship, Aslan narrates the history of religion as one long and 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.
There is no God! - Cressida |
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 has consequences.
We bestow upon [our] 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.
Don't listen to her. There's a God |
Whether you believe in one God (no god but God), many gods [the correct view], or no god at all [also ultimately correct but conventionally inaccurate], God: A Human History will challenge the way you think about the divine and its role in our everyday lives.
-Bart D. Ehrman, author of How Jesus Became God
Lies My Teacher Told Me |
- Pope making an impact? Bangladeshi Ministry of Foreign Affairs signs accord with counterpart in Burma to return Muslim Rohingya refugees to Rakhine State
- Democracy coming to Buddhist/Hindu Nepal
- BOOK REVIEW: God: A Human History (best seller)
No comments:
Post a Comment