A review by savaging
Zealot: The Life and Times of Jesus of Nazareth by Reza Aslan

5.0

This is not a perfect book. But it gave me something invaluable. I've read the womanist theologians and the queer radical anti-racist reclamations of Jesus, and all of that feels powerful ... but it doesn't feel completely real. This book gave me a Jesus who feels real -- and who is also beautifully irreconcilable with the religious tradition that took on his name.

It also made me a huge fan of James, I guess?