Letters and Politics

KPFA Special: The Politics of Jesus During the Roman Occupation of Palestine

Guest:  Reza Aslan, Iranian-American writer, scholar of religions, and a tenured Professor of Creative Writing at the University of California, Riverside.  He is the author of Zealot: The Life and Times of Jesus of Nazareth.  The book relates the life of Jesus Christ, who according to Aslan, he was not only a spiritual leader but also a revolutionary at the time of Roman occupation of Palestine.  Reza Aslan’s latest book is God: A Human History.