{"product_id":"religious-literacy-what-every-american-needs-to-know-and-doesnt-9780060859527","title":"Religious Literacy: What Every American Needs to Know--And Doesn't","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe United States is one of the most religious places on earth, but it is also a nation of shocking religious illiteracy.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eOnly 10 percent of American teenagers can name all five major world religions and 15 percent cannot name any.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eNearly two-thirds of Americans believe that the Bible holds the answers to all or most of life's basic questions, yet only half of American adults can name even one of the four gospels and most Americans cannot name the first book of the Bible.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003eDespite this lack of basic knowledge, politicians and pundits continue to root public policy arguments in religious rhetoric whose meanings are missed--or misinterpreted--by the vast majority of Americans.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"We have a major civic problem on our hands,\" says religion scholar Stephen Prothero. He makes the provocative case that to remedy this problem, we should return to teaching religion in the public schools. Alongside \"reading, writing, and arithmetic,\" religion ought to become the \"Fourth R\" of American education.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMany believe that America's descent into religious illiteracy was the doing of activist judges and secularists hell-bent on banishing religion from the public square. Prothero reveals that this is a profound misunderstanding. \"In one of the great ironies of American religious history,\" Prothero writes, \"it was the nation's most fervent people of faith who steered us down the road to religious illiteracy. Just how that happened is one of the stories this book has to tell.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eProthero avoids the trap of religious relativism by addressing both the core tenets of the world's major religions \u003cem\u003eand\u003c\/em\u003e the real differences among them. Complete with a dictionary of the key beliefs, characters, and stories of Christianity, Islam, and other religions, \u003cem\u003eReligious Literacy\u003c\/em\u003e reveals what every American needs to know in order to confront the domestic and foreign challenges facing this country today.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Stephen Prothero\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e HarperOne\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/11\/2008\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 384\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.65lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.00h x 5.30w x 0.90d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780060859527\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eProthero, Stephen:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eStephen Prothero\u003c\/strong\u003e is the \u003cem\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/em\u003e bestselling author of \u003cem\u003eReligious Literacy\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eGod Is Not One\u003c\/em\u003e and an emeritus professor of religion at Boston University. His work has been featured on the cover of \u003cem\u003eTIME\u003c\/em\u003e magazine, and he has appeared on \u003cem\u003eThe Oprah Winfrey Show, The Daily Show with Jon Stewart, The Colbert Report\u003c\/em\u003e, NPR, and all the major networks. He has written and reviewed for the \u003cem\u003eNew York Times, The Wall Street Journal, The Washington Post, Boston Globe, USA Today, Los Angeles Times, Salon, Slate\u003c\/em\u003e, and other publications. Visit the author at www.stephenprothero.com and follow him at sprothero.bsky.social.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"HarperOne","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43110565445747,"sku":"9.78E+12","price":21.49,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/files\/img_2e140923-1854-4468-a7dc-9728e0ba9e27.jpg?v=1748979594","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/products\/religious-literacy-what-every-american-needs-to-know-and-doesnt-9780060859527","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}