{"id":1568,"date":"2014-05-17T18:23:53","date_gmt":"2014-05-17T23:23:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/worldreligions\/?p=1568"},"modified":"2014-08-22T21:27:35","modified_gmt":"2014-08-23T02:27:35","slug":"reza-aslan-jesus-no-pacifist","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/worldreligions\/2014\/05\/reza-aslan-jesus-no-pacifist.html","title":{"rendered":"Reza Aslan: Jesus No Pacifist"},"content":{"rendered":"<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><head><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><\/head><body><div style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"border: none;\" src=\"http:\/\/fusion.net\/video\/embed?id=329771\" width=\"450\" height=\"330\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>Here\u2019s an interesting clip in which Reza Aslan discusses Jesus and notes that he was not a pacifist like Martin Luther King or Gandhi because no one could upset a major empire like Rome with a sit-in.<\/p>\n<p>Aslan, the author of\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Zealot-Life-Times-Jesus-Nazareth\/dp\/140006922X\" target=\"_blank\" class=\" decorated-link\" rel=\"nofollow\">Zealot: The Life and Times of Jesus<\/a>,\u00a0says that Jesus was probably more like Malcolm X.<\/p>\n<p>I saw <a href=\"http:\/\/fusion.net\/culture\/story\/reza-aslan-jesus-mlk-malcolm-330221\" target=\"_blank\" class=\" decorated-link\" rel=\"nofollow\">this on Fusion<\/a>, which also has a good summary of the interview by Jessica Roy.<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Here\u2019s an interesting clip in which Reza Aslan discusses Jesus and notes that he was not a pacifist like Martin Luther King or Gandhi because no one could upset a major empire like Rome with a sit-in. Aslan, the author of\u00a0Zealot: The Life and Times of Jesus,\u00a0says that Jesus was probably more like Malcolm X. [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1838,"featured_media":1637,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[5,45],"class_list":["post-1568","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-islam","tag-reza-aslan"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Reza Aslan: Jesus No Pacifist<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Here&#039;s an interesting clip in which Reza Aslan discusses Jesus and notes that he was not a pacifist like Martin Luther King or Gandhi because no one could\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/worldreligions\/2014\/05\/reza-aslan-jesus-no-pacifist.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Reza Aslan: Jesus No Pacifist\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Here&#039;s an interesting clip in which Reza Aslan discusses Jesus and notes that he was not a pacifist like Martin Luther King or Gandhi because no one could\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/worldreligions\/2014\/05\/reza-aslan-jesus-no-pacifist.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"World Religions\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2014-05-17T23:23:53+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2014-08-23T02:27:35+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/433\/2014\/05\/zealot.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"300\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"455\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"George G. Coe\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"George G. Coe\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/worldreligions\/2014\/05\/reza-aslan-jesus-no-pacifist.html\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/worldreligions\/2014\/05\/reza-aslan-jesus-no-pacifist.html\",\"name\":\"Reza Aslan: Jesus No Pacifist\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/worldreligions\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2014-05-17T23:23:53+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2014-08-23T02:27:35+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/worldreligions\/#\/schema\/person\/c8608c711b76ea4be3eb28f4ed317e2f\"},\"description\":\"Here's an interesting clip in which Reza Aslan discusses Jesus and notes that he was not a pacifist like Martin Luther King or Gandhi because no one could\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/worldreligions\/2014\/05\/reza-aslan-jesus-no-pacifist.html#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/worldreligions\/2014\/05\/reza-aslan-jesus-no-pacifist.html\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/worldreligions\/2014\/05\/reza-aslan-jesus-no-pacifist.html#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/worldreligions\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Reza Aslan: Jesus No Pacifist\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/worldreligions\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/worldreligions\/\",\"name\":\"World Religions\",\"description\":\"\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/worldreligions\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/worldreligions\/#\/schema\/person\/c8608c711b76ea4be3eb28f4ed317e2f\",\"name\":\"George G. Coe\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/worldreligions\/author\/gccoe\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Reza Aslan: Jesus No Pacifist","description":"Here's an interesting clip in which Reza Aslan discusses Jesus and notes that he was not a pacifist like Martin Luther King or Gandhi because no one could","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/worldreligions\/2014\/05\/reza-aslan-jesus-no-pacifist.html","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Reza Aslan: Jesus No Pacifist","og_description":"Here's an interesting clip in which Reza Aslan discusses Jesus and notes that he was not a pacifist like Martin Luther King or Gandhi because no one could","og_url":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/worldreligions\/2014\/05\/reza-aslan-jesus-no-pacifist.html","og_site_name":"World Religions","article_published_time":"2014-05-17T23:23:53+00:00","article_modified_time":"2014-08-23T02:27:35+00:00","og_image":[{"width":"300","height":"455","url":"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/433\/2014\/05\/zealot.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"George G. Coe","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"George G. Coe"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/worldreligions\/2014\/05\/reza-aslan-jesus-no-pacifist.html","url":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/worldreligions\/2014\/05\/reza-aslan-jesus-no-pacifist.html","name":"Reza Aslan: Jesus No Pacifist","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/worldreligions\/#website"},"datePublished":"2014-05-17T23:23:53+00:00","dateModified":"2014-08-23T02:27:35+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/worldreligions\/#\/schema\/person\/c8608c711b76ea4be3eb28f4ed317e2f"},"description":"Here's an interesting clip in which Reza Aslan discusses Jesus and notes that he was not a pacifist like Martin Luther King or Gandhi because no one could","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/worldreligions\/2014\/05\/reza-aslan-jesus-no-pacifist.html#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/worldreligions\/2014\/05\/reza-aslan-jesus-no-pacifist.html"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/worldreligions\/2014\/05\/reza-aslan-jesus-no-pacifist.html#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/worldreligions"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Reza Aslan: Jesus No Pacifist"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/worldreligions\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/worldreligions\/","name":"World Religions","description":"","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/worldreligions\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/worldreligions\/#\/schema\/person\/c8608c711b76ea4be3eb28f4ed317e2f","name":"George G. Coe","url":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/worldreligions\/author\/gccoe"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/worldreligions\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1568","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/worldreligions\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/worldreligions\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/worldreligions\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1838"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/worldreligions\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1568"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/worldreligions\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1568\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/worldreligions\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1637"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/worldreligions\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1568"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/worldreligions\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1568"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/worldreligions\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1568"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}