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The Conversations on Writing and Public Life Series Presents: Reza Aslan & Jack Miles on "The Jesus of History vs the Christ of Literature"

Join the Literary Journalism Program and the Department of History for a discussion on writing in the public sphere, featuring Reza Aslan (UC Riverside Creative Writing), author of Zealot: The Life and Times of Jesus of Nazareth (Random House 2013) and Jack Miles (UCI English), author of the Pulitzer-prize winning book GOD: A Biography, and Christ: A Crisis in the Life of God.

Moderated by Jon Wiener (UCI History). Co-sponsored by the Program in Religious Studies and the Newkirk Center for Science and Society, with additional support from the Office of the Provost.

Free and open to the public. Book sale and signing to follow the discussion. Light refreshments will be served. For more information or for disability accommodations, contact Patricia Pierson at (949) 824-6876 or piersonp@uci.edu.


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ABOUT REZA ASLAN:

Dr. Reza Aslan, an internationally acclaimed writer and scholar of religions, is author of the #1 New York Times Bestseller Zealot: The Life and Times of Jesus of Nazareth. Aslan's first book is the international bestseller, No god but God: The Origins, Evolution, and Future of Islam, which has been translated into seventeen languages, and named one of the 100 most important books of the last decade. He is also the author of How to Win a Cosmic War (published in paperback as Beyond Fundamentalism: Confronting Religious Extremism in a Globalized Age), 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. Aslan is Associate Professor of Creative Writing and Cooperating Faculty in the Department of Religion at the University of California, Riverside. www.rezaaslan.com


ABOUT JACK MILES:

Miles is a Distinguished Professor of English and Religious Studies at the University of California, Irvine and Senior Fellow for Religious Affairs with the Pacific Council on International Policy. His work has appeared in The Atlantic, The New York Times, The Washington Post, The Los Angeles Times, The Boston Globe, and many other publications. His book GOD: A Biography won a Pulitzer Prize in 1996. His book Christ: A Crisis in the Life of God led to his being named a MacArthur Fellow for the years 2003-2007. He is currently at work as general editor of the forthcoming Norton Anthology of World Religions
JackMiles.com


ABOUT JON WIENER:
Jon Wiener is a Professor of History at UC Irvine, specializing in recent American history and Cold War culture.