Spirituality and Living with Resa Aslan, Bestselling Author, Acclaimed Producer

Nov 27, 2022 · 37m 38s
Spirituality and Living with Resa Aslan, Bestselling Author, Acclaimed Producer
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Season 1, Episode 3 – Resa Aslan, Bestselling Author, professor, and Emmy- and Peabody-nominated producer (2018) ABOUT RESA ASLAN: REZA ASLAN is a leading expert in world religions. He is...

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Season 1, Episode 3 – Resa Aslan, Bestselling Author, professor, and Emmy- and Peabody-nominated producer (2018)


ABOUT RESA ASLAN:
REZA ASLAN is a leading expert in world religions. He is also an internationally renowned writer, professor, and an Emmy- and Peabody-nominated producer. His books, including his #1 New York Times Bestseller, Zealot: The Life and Times of Jesus of Nazareth (over a million copies sold), have been translated into dozens of languages around the world. His latest book is An American Martyr in Persia: The Epic Life and Tragic Death of Howard Baskerville (October 2022). He is a recipient of the prestigious James Joyce Award.

His producing credits include the acclaimed HBO series The Leftoversand the CBS comedy United States of Al. Aslan is also the host and Executive Producer of two other original television programs: Rough Draft with Reza Aslan on Topic, and CNN’s documentary series, Believer. He served as an Executive Producer on the ABC drama, Of Kings and Prophets, and on the Emmy-nominated documentary series The Secret Life of Muslims.

In 2006, Aslan co-founded BoomGen Studios—the premiere entertainment brand for creative content from and about the Middle East—which has provided an array of targeted services ranging from strategic messaging to grassroots marketing to publicity and social media outreach, to producers, studios, and filmmakers.

Aslan’s first book, International Bestseller No god but God: The Origins, Evolution, and Future of Islam, has been translated into seventeen languages, and was named one of the 100 most important books of the last decade by Blackwell Publishers. He is also the author of Beyond Fundamentalism: Confronting Religious Extremism in a Globalized Age (originally titled How to Win a Cosmic War), and God: A Human History, as well as editor of two volumes: Tablet and Pen: Literary Landscapes from the Modern Middle East, and Muslims and Jews in America: Commonalties, Contentions, and Complexities.Zealot: The Life and Times of Jesus of Nazareth has been translated into twenty-seven languages worldwide and is soon to be a major motion picture with a script co-written by Aslan and Oscar- screenwriter, James Schamus.
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