Stephen Prothero
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Stephen Prothero is the Chair of the Department of Religion at Boston University and the author of numerous books, most recently Religious Literacy: What Every American Needs to Know--And Doesn't and "American Jesus: How the Son of God Became a National Icon." He has commented on religion on dozens of National Public Radio programs, and on television on CNN, NBC, FOX, PBS, MSNBC and Comedy Central's The Daily Show with Jon Stewart." A regular contributor to The Wall Street Journal, he has also written for The New York Times Magazine, The New York Times Book Review, Slate, Salon.com, The Washington Post, the Los Angeles Times, and The Boston Globe.
[edit] Books
- "Religious Literacy: What Every American Needs to Know - and Doesn't" (2007, ISBN 0060846704)
- "A Nation of Religions" (2006, ISBN 080785770X)
- "American Jesus: How the Son of God Became a National Icon" (2003, ISBN 0374529566)
- "Purified by Fire: A History of Cremation in America" (2004, ISBN 0520236882)
- "The White Buddhist: The Asian Odyssey of Henry Steel Olcott" (1996, ISBN 0520236882)
[edit] Television appearances
[edit] External links
- StephenProthero.com - Official site
- Newsweek profile
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