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Stephen Prothero is a Professor of Religion at Boston University specializing in religion and culture. He received his BA from Yale College in American Studies and his
MA and PhD from Harvard University in the Study of Religion.
A historian of American religions, Professor Prothero has written five books.
His newest is the New York Times bestseller Religious Literacy: What Every
American Needs to Know-and Doesn't (HarperOne, 2007), which won a 2007 Quill Book Award. His first, The White Buddhist: The Asian
Odyssey of Henry Steel Olcott (Indian University Press, 1996) won the "Best
First Book" award of the American Academy of Religion in 1997. American
Jesus: How the Son of God Became a National Icon (Farrar, Straus & Giroux,
2003) was named one of the top religion books for 2003 by Publishers Weekly.
In addition to his scholarly work, which includes peer-reviewed articles in
the Journal of the American Academy of Religion, Prothero has written for a
variety of popular magazines and newspapers, including the New York Times,
Wall Street Journal, Newsweek, Slate, Salon, Washington Post, Los Angeles
Times and Boston Globe. He has commented on religion on such television
programs as The Daily Show with Jon Stewart, The Oprah Winfrey Show, The
O'Reilly Factor, and The Today Show. He is also a panelist for the Washington
Post/Newsweek online conversation "On Faith." Visit his personal web site at
http://www.stephenprothero.com.
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Books
Courses
RN 106 Death & Immortality
RN 111 Multireligious America
RN 121 Religion in America I
RN 122 Religion in America II
RN 312/612 Buddhism in America
RN 313/613 Hinduism in America
RN 427/727 Multireligious America: Graduate Seminar
RN 497/797 Topics in American Religion
Articles
* "A Prize Proves the Hunger for Religious Knowledge" on Professor Prothero winning the Quills Award at BU Today
* Interview by Jon Stewart on The Daily Show
* "The Unbeliever" reviewing and debating God Is Not Great at WashingtonPost.com
* Audio commentary on "Beheading
and Shock" for NPR.com.
* "Belief
Unbracketed" from the Harvard Divinity Bulletin.
* Listen
to a radio interview with Professor Prothero about his new book,
American Jesus: How the Son of God Became a National Icon.
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Read reviews of American Jesus
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