Reza Aslan made his mark on the U.S. media landscape in 2013 as an interviewee on Fox News. The now viral clip of Aslan explaining, lucidly and frustratedly, that his Muslim faith did not disqualify him from studying Christianity—or necessarily make him a better scholar of Islam—launched his book out of an academic bubble. Aslan's Zealot: The Life and Times of Jesus of Nazareth even found its way into the number one spot on the New York Times bestseller list, a rare feat for a scholar.
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