Religious scholar Reza Aslan has devoted his life to the study of religious expression. He’s written books about the roots and future of Islam as well as religious extremism. In 2013, he published the New York Times best-seller Zealot: The Life and Times of Jesus of Nazareth,â?¯an examination of the religious, social and political forces that led to the birth of Christianity.
Here, Reza shares his powerful definition of religion, explaining why he sees it as an all-encompassing identity.
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