Is Reza Aslan Anti-Christian?

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6. Categorically: He is not.

Thanks to the hot tip from Fox I bought the book yesterday and am reading it right now. Aslan covers some of the same ground that Crossan does, but his narrative style is exponentially more open and accessible. There are a few things so far (about a third of the way through) that I disagree with him about, but that doesn't detract from my enjoyment or appreciation of the book.

Aslan's emphasis is on Jesus' emergence as very much a Gallilean/Nazarean teacher opposed to the priestly hierarchy in Jerusalem. A large part of that opposition, he argues, came from the rapidly widening gap between rich and poor as a result of encroachment of 1st. century "agribusiness" on the traditional subsistence farmer and the growing ranks of the unemployed and newly impoverished.