religious literacy
How much do Americans know about the faiths around them?
By Ryan Burge — February 15, 2023
(RNS) — And what helps us most to understand our neighbors’ faiths?
What all college students need to know about religion, according to the AAR
By Yonat Shimron — October 3, 2019
(RNS) — The three-year effort is an attempt to provide greater religious literacy so undergraduates can better understand belief systems and worldviews different from their own.
Most Americans can define atheists, Easter; don’t know US share of Muslims, Jews
By Adelle M. Banks — July 23, 2019
WASHINGTON (RNS) — Jews, atheists and agnostics scored highest — with each getting answers correct more than half of the time. Evangelical Protestants also had high scores compared with other groups.
Religion in the classroom: Where the faithful and the ACLU can agree
By Stephen Mansfield — June 7, 2019
(RNS) — A Pew poll from 2010 found that a majority of Americans cannot name the first book of the Bible but can provide the names of the four Beatles.
Forged in Waco’s fires: The FBI and religion scholars reflect on their 25-year relationship
By Cathy Lynn Grossman — November 28, 2017
(RNS) — After a 1993 fire, accidentally triggered by federal authorities, killed 75 members of an obscure Christian sect in Waco, Texas, one of the 'lessons learned' was this: Call in religion experts in a crisis where faith is a factor.
For proper end-of-life care, medical professionals need to be religiously literate
By David Gibson — December 1, 2016
(RNS) Health care providers are often ill-equipped to discuss religion with patients, and that can affect their medical care.
‘The American Bible’ collects the texts that We the People love to fight about
By Daniel Burke — July 3, 2012
(RNS) There are certain speeches, songs, books, letters, laws, and axioms that Americans appreciate enough to argue about, says religion scholar Stephen Prothero. By Daniel Burke.
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