According to Stephen Prothero, America is both “deeply religious and profoundly ignorant about religion.” Personal belief in God remains high. Americans say that their convictions shape their public ...

Stephen Prothero is the chair of the religion department at Boston University. His book *American Jesus* was named one of the best religion books of 2003 by *Publishers Weekly* and one of the year’s ...

An author and scholar of world religions is scheduled to speak about religious literacy Wednesday evening in the Grand Rapids Community College Diversity Lecture Series. Stephen Prothero, a professor ...

Quick, where in the Bible can you find this quotation: "God helps those who help themselves"? Stephen Prothero, chairman of the religion department at Boston University, has discovered that it’s one ...

(RNS) — A chance encounter at a party led religion professor Stephen Prothero to rediscover the story of Eugene Exman, a longtime book publisher who helped transform American religion. (RNS) — Boston ...

In 1916, Eugene Exman, a devoutly Christian teenager, was on his way to church when he encountered an inexplicable flash of light he considered a spiritual experience with God, one he longed all his ...

Light for the Way: Seeking Simplicity, Connection, and Repair in a Broken World Lundquist, an English professor at North Hennepin Community College in Minnesota, debuts with a wrenching account of the ...

An old joke has deceased people of all stripes mingling in heaven, save for Catholics. They get their own room, St. Peter explains to a new arrival, for their peace of mind: “They think they’re the ...

As a fellow religion scholar I respect Stephen Prothero enormously—he has done so much, throughout his career, to deepen conversations about religion in the United States. But when I read his take on ...

On the C-SPAN Networks: Stephen Prothero is a Chair for the Religion Department in the Boston University with six videos in the C-SPAN Video Library; the first appearance was a 2007 Speech. The year ...