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December 21, 2017

Reza Aslan’s History of God Is Aggressive Atheism for the 21st Century

Doggedly universalistic, obligation-free, and relentlessly focused on self-revelation.

Reviewing Reza Aslan’s God: A Human History, Emma Green describes its intended reader as the “spiritual seeker . . . who hopes to answer deep questions on the divine with study data and tidbits about evolution.” But even for this audience, Aslan, a much praised, self-appointed religion expert, doesn’t present much that is new:

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December 21, 2017

  1. To Counter Iran Effectively, the U.S. Must Beat It at Its Own Game

    Tehran emerged as the winner of the Arab Spring.

  2. Should Israel Be Preparing to Fight Terrorism, or a Full-Scale War?

    The security dilemma.

  3. My Rabbinic Colleagues Were Wrong about Jerusalem

    Two-thousand years later, and it’s still not the right time?

  4. Reza Aslan’s History of God Is Aggressive Atheism for the 21st Century

    Doggedly universalistic, obligation-free, and relentlessly focused on self-revelation.

  5. Paul Valéry Didn’t Think Much about the Jewish Question, but Couldn’t Escape It

    He managed to move from the craven to the courageous.