Textual Themes In No God But God By Reza Aslan

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Textual Themes
According to the books by Reza Aslan, different themes in No god but God: The Origins, Evolution, and the Futureof Islam and How to Win A Cosmic War: God, Globalization, and the End of War onTerror, are related and addressing similar issues. The connection of the two books are derived from the basis of Islamic religion and covering real issues affecting their lives. Furthermore, it is important to have the connection of the reality and teaching that are covered in the entire context in the both books.
The first theme that is overlapping is religion. Religion is has been demonstrated as the basic background of the Islam as “a collectivity whose members themselves are not unanimous,” but the fact remains that the “religious actors” concept largely forgoes the problems one might encounter if speaking about religion in general. It covers a wider concept whereby the author of the books uses it to give reference to conduct and behavioral interaction among the …show more content…

The major concern are developed through initiation of the comic war that is associated with the civilization and personal characters as They feel vulnerable and under attack by the larger secular culture and are fighting a defensive war to protect themselves. In a very similar way, biopolitics produces a human with a fundamental sense of insecurity. In the development of the comic war, there are several issues that required to be addressed and elaborated especially on evolution and developmentas those who would participate in religious violence and terrorism with an idea of cosmic war fueling this violence have a profound sense of vulnerability. On the basic issues that revolves Islamic religion and communities are on ideologies that are well elaborated in the No god but God: The Origins, Evolution, and the Futureof Islam than in the How to Win A Cosmic War: God, Globalization, and the End of War

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