San Francisco, CA (openPR) 29 September 2010

The United States is one of the most religious places on earth, but it is also a nation of religious illiteracy shocking. We have a big problem of political education today, said Stephen Prothero Religious scholar. His book, Religious Literacy: What Every American know – but do not reveal what every American know about the challenges of domestic and foreign face this country today to meet

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supported by new findings of the Pew Forum, in his famous book, Prothero argues that it is time religion in American public schools is to teach. â? Our national ignorance is astounding, â? Prothero claims.

Consider this:


Most Americans can not name the first book of the Bible
Nearly 10 percent of American teenagers can name all five major world religions
Fifteen percent of American teenagers can not name any of the major world religions
Almost two-thirds of Americans believe that the Bible contains the answers to all or most LIFEA? S fundamental questions, but only half of American adults can name the four Gospels
Unlike many who want religion back in public schools Prothero has no theological agenda, religious or moral. He argues that secular reasons â? Americans are not citizens equipped (or even the cocktail conversation) without a basic understanding of Christianity and of the worldâ? S religions.â major?

Including a dictionary of key beliefs, characters and stories of Christianity, Islam, Judaism and other major world religions, religious literacy is a provocative book that raises an important national debate.


Stephen Prothero is the author of

New York Times bestseller list and religious literacy is not a God, and a professor of religion at Boston University. His work has been on the cover of Time Magazine, Oprah, The Daily Show with Jon Stewart, National Public Radio and other top national media presented. He writes and reviews for The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, Newsweek, The Boston Globe, The Washington Post, USA Today, Los Angeles Times, Salon and other publications. He has degrees in American religion at Harvard and Yale and lives in Cape Cod For more information, please visit www.stephenprothero.com.


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