Reza Aslan Bio | Wiki
Reza Aslan is a famous Iranian-American scholar of the sociology of religion, writer, and television host. He works as a professor of creative writing at the University of California, Riverside, and a board member of the National Iranian American Council (NIAC). He is also a member of the American Academy of Religion and the International Qur’anic Studies Association. In addition, he has authored four books on religion.
Reza Aslan Age | Birthday
He was born on May 3, 1972, in Tehran, Iran. Aslan is 51 years old and celebrates his birthday every year on May 3.
Reza Aslan Height
He is a man of average stature. Aslan stands at a height of 5 ft 7 in (Approx 1.70 m).
Reza Aslan Family | Parents
He was born to his hardworking parents in Tehran, Iran. Aslan holds an Iranian-American nationality. His family came to the United States from Tehran in 1979, fleeing the Iranian Revolution. Furthermore, he was born into a Twelver Shia Muslim family and at the age of 15, he converted to evangelical Christianity and converted back to Islam the summer before attending Harvard. His aunt is Leila Forouhar the Iranian-American pop singer.
Reza Aslan Wife
He is hitched to his loving wife Jessica Jackley in 2011. Jessica is a 46 years old entrepreneur who co-founded Kiva and later ProFounder, two organizations that promote development through microloans. She is a Christian from forming an interfaith family. The duo is the parents of three sons and he is a fan of the professional football team the Las Vegas Raiders.
Reza Aslan Education
He graduated from Del Mar High School in San Jose, with the class of 1990. He taught courses at De La Salle High School in Concord, California in the early 1990s. Later, Aslan attained a B.A. in religious studies from Santa Clara University, a Master of Theological Studies (MTS) from Harvard Divinity School, and a Master of Fine Arts (M.F.A.) in fiction writing from the University of Iowa’s Writers’ Workshop. He also graduated with a Ph.D. in sociology from the University of California, Santa Barbara. He did a dissertation, titled “Global Jihadism as a Transnational Social Movement: A Theoretical Framework” in 2009.
Reza Aslan Books
He has authored four books on religion. They are:
- No God but God in 2005
- Beyond Fundamentalism in 2009
- Zealot in 2013
- God: A Human History in 2017
- Religion in 2022
- An American Martyr in Persia in 2022
Reza Aslan Religion
This is his latest book published in 2022. The book contains 424 pages published by Bokförlaget Stolpe AB. The book is a clothbound anthology on the abiding presence of religion and spirituality in cultures worldwide. The essys explore religion and spirituality as both a societal force and an individual experience.
Reza Aslan Zealot
This is a book that Aslan has authored and it was published on December 20, 2013. The book contains 70 pages and is published by Createspace Independent Pub. The book reclaims the historical, pre-Christianity Jesus by placing him within the correct social, religious, and political context of his era where the Jesus that emerges will be much different from what Christianity has portrayed.
Reza Aslan God
This is a book published by Aslan in November 2017. This book explores more on humanity’s attempts to comprehend the divine by giving it human traits and emotions. It calls for a more expansive understanding of God to develop a more universal spirituality. In addition, the book has 298 pages published by Bantam Press.
Reza Aslan CNN
Aslan had a show “Believer” on CNN which was canceled in June 2017 after profane anti-Trump tweets. He was a virulent critic of Trump for some time, but this particular tweet crossed a line in the minds of some media critics. This was after he posted the tweet in reaction to Trump’s promotion of a “travel ban” in the immediate aftermath of a terror attack in London.
Reza Aslan Scholar
He works as a professor of creative writing at the University of California, Riverside, and a board member of the National Iranian American Council (NIAC). Aslan is also a member of the American Academy of Religion and the International Qur’anic Studies Association. He was a visiting faculty member in Islamic and Middle Eastern Studies at the University of Iowa while serving as the Truman Capote Fellow at the Iowa Writers’ Workshop in August 2000. Moreover, he was Wallerstein Distinguished Visiting Professor at the Drew University Center on Religion, Culture & Conflict from 2012 to 2013.
Also, he was an Adjunct Senior Fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations and a member of the Los Angeles Institute for the Humanities, and the Pacific Council on International Policy. Aslan worked as a Legislative Assistant for the Friends Committee on National Legislation in Washington. He was elected President of Harvard’s Chapter of the World Conference of Religions for Peace. Furthermore, he serves on the board of directors of the Ploughshares Fund, which gives grants for peace and security issues, PEN Center USA.
He works on the board of trustees for the Chicago Theological Seminary and on the Yale Humanist Community advisory board. Also, he worked for television, including a documentary series exploring world religions on CNN called Believer, and as an executive producer on the HBO drama series The Leftovers. In addition, he has authored four books on religion.
Reza Aslan Net Worth
He has attained decent fortune working as an Iranian-American scholar of the sociology of religion, writer, and television host. Aslan’s net worth is $3 Million.
How Old Is Reza Aslan
Aslan is 51 years old born on May 3, 1972, in Tehran, Iran.
Who Is Reza Aslan
Aslan is a famous Iranian-American scholar of the sociology of religion, writer, and television host. He works as a professor of creative writing at the University of California, Riverside, and a board member of the National Iranian American Council (NIAC). He is also a member of the American Academy of Religion and the International Qur’anic Studies Association. In addition, he has authored four books on religion.
Is Reza Aslan Married
He is hitched to his loving wife Jessica Jackley in 2011. Jessica is a 45 years old entrepreneur who co-founded Kiva and later ProFounder, two organizations that promote development through microloans.