Essay: How much do Americans know about the faiths around them?
RYAN BURGE, in an article first published on Religion News Service, looks at what the data shows…
What all US college students need to know about religion, according to the AAR
RNS The American Academy of Religion has published a broad set of guidelines outlining what every undergraduate student should know about religion. The three-year effort by members of the AAR, the century-old association of scholars, is an attempt to provide a baseline for religious literacy in hopes of challenging undergraduates at two- and four-year colleges to better […]
Most Americans can define atheists, Easter; don’t know US share of Muslims, Jews
Washington, DCRNS Most Americans know what an atheist is and why Christians celebrate Easter. Three in 10 overestimate the percentage of US adults who are Jewish or Muslim. But few could state that the Vedas are prominent Hindu scriptures. A new report on American religious literacy released on Tuesday by Pew Research Center reveals some of what […]
ESSAY: RELIGION IN THE (US) CLASSROOM – WHERE THE FAITHFUL AND THE ACLU CAN AGREE
Author STEPHEN MANSFIELD, in an article first published on Religion News Service, says the problem with religion in the US lies in ignorance…