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This title is a history of a nation, a publishing company, and a person who transformed the religious literary canon for years to come.
Contrary to what many popular religion writers say, Prothero shows how the world’s religions ask different questions, tackle different problems, and aim at different goals.
Prothero pinpoints key moments in American history that spawned the current epidemic of religious illiteracy, and practical solutions on how to gain it back.
More reasons to read it
Traces genealogy of works by Martin Luther King, Howard Thurman, Huston Smith, Dorothy Day, and Aldous Huxley
The book covers eight different religions: Islam, Christianity, Buddhism, Judaism, Confucianism, Yoruba Religion, Daoism, and Atheism
Includes Dictionary of Religious Literacy: key terms, beliefs, characters, and stories