Religion in Real Time on CNN's "Believer"

Believer is not your average religion documentary, offering an outsider's view of the spectacle of belief. Instead, Reza Aslan's upcoming “spiritual adventure series” for CNN follows this noted Muslim-American religious scholar as he immerses himself in the experience and practice of widely misunderstood religions.

From the ascetic Aghori in India to Vodou in Haiti, from the doomsday cult of “JeZus with a Z” in Hawaii to Scientology in America and Santa Muerte in Mexico, the series takes viewers on an intriguing, and sometimes harrowing, tour of religion in real time—as far from orthodoxy as you can get.