Reza Aslan (scholar of sociology of religion)

Armchair Expert with Dax Shepard

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🗓️ 13 October 2022

⏱️ 131 minutes

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Reza Aslan is an author and expert on world religions. Reza joins the Armchair Expert to discuss where the idea of Christianity came from, the history of religious conversion in Iran and Persia, and what part religion plays in global conflicts. Reza and Dax talk about whether or not people are born believing in a higher power, who the historical Jesus Christ actually was, and how religion is really a form of emotional language. Reza explains why he converted from Islam to Christianity and then back to Islam, if it's possible to recreate the idea of faith in Artificial Intelligence, and how people often insert their own beliefs into scripture. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

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0:00.0	Welcome, welcome, welcome to armchair expert, expert, I'm
0:04.4	joined by Lily Padman.
0:05.9	Hi.
0:06.9	Hi, there.
0:07.9	We have a very fun dancy, dancy, dancy episode today.
0:11.6	We haven't had one like this in a bit. No. So it was really fun. And I
0:15.4	really appreciated the education we received on the history of the Bible.
0:20.4	Yeah. It was fascinating. It really was. Our guest today is Reza Aslan, who is a leading
0:27.0	expert on world religions. He's also a best-selling author, a professor, and an MEP body P body nominated producer.
0:33.2	He had a hugely popular book called Zealot, The Life in Times of Jesus of Nazareth.
0:37.2	And he has a new book out right now on a very fascinating topic called an American martyr in Persia,
0:43.5	the epic life and tragic death of Howard Baskerville.
0:46.8	Very timely that we would learn pretty much the history of Iran.
0:50.9	Great episode, Dancy Dance, loved Reza, please enjoy.
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