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1. www.pewresearch.org › religion › 2007/12/03Religious Literacy: What Every American Should Know

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   Dec 3, 2007 · It seems to me that you could argue that, in fact, religious illiteracy is the defining feature of religion throughout most of human history with the exception of 17th century New England and a few other situations – post-Reformation settings where you do have the unusual phenomenon of high rates of literacy.

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2. www.freedomforum.org › what-is-religious-literacyWhat Is Religious Literacy? - freedomforum.org

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   Religious literacy is technically the “ability to discern and analyze the intersections of religion with social, political and cultural life,” a definition developed by scholar Diane Moore and adopted by the American Academy of Religion, a scholarly association.

3. rpl.hds.harvard.edu › what-religious-literacyWhat is Religious Literacy? | Religion and Public Life at ...

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   Religious literacy entails the ability to discern and analyze the fundamental intersections of religion and social/political/cultural life through multiple lenses.

4. www.beliefnet.com › 07 › religious-illiteracyReligious Illiteracy - Religion 101 - Beliefnet

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   Religious Illiteracy. • Only half of American adults can name even one of the four Gospels. • Most Americans cannot name the first book of the Bible. • Only one-third know that Jesus (no...

5. religionmatters.org › 2021/10/01 › what-is-religiousWhat is Religious Literacy? - Religion Matters

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   Oct 1, 2021 · Dr. Tim Hall. What is religious literacy? What does it mean to be religiously literate? And why is it essential to our students? These are crucial questions towards better civic literacy and global competence in the 21st century for our students.

6. news.harvard.edu › battling-religious-illiteracyBattling religious illiteracy — Harvard Gazette

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   Nov 5, 2015 · Religious illiteracy is very dangerous for our society, our world. It leads to thinking about religious traditions as monoliths. By obscuring diversity and difference, it dehumanizes and stereotypes, and it leads to prejudice and fear that endanger the whole project of democracy, since democracy cannot function if you’re afraid of your ...

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   What is religious literacy?

   • Religious literacy entails the ability to discern and analyze the fundamental intersections of religion and social/political/cultural life through multiple lenses. Specifically, a religiously literate person will possess:

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   Is public education a solution to religious illiteracy?

   • It isn’t clear that public education is a solution to the problem of religious illiteracy, given how thoroughly it’s failed to combat historical illiteracy. And I think your comment about the Modesto experiment was telling in a way because I don’t find it surprising that a class on world religion wouldn’t persuade anyone to change their religion.

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   Does religious illiteracy affect foreign policy?

   • Prothero says the impact of religious illiteracy on foreign policy is even more significant, arguing that he doesn’t think we understood Iraq as a place where people are, in many cases, primarily motivated by religion. MICHAEL CROMARTIE: Welcome to Key West and to the Pew Forum’s event. We have this twice a year.

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   Does religious literacy make you a better citizen?

   • It makes you a better citizen, more intellectually engaged, but in the sense of being doctrinally well-versed in your own religion – this may sound like a contrarian question, but I’m hoping it will elicit more clarification. Is religious literacy necessarily a good thing?

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8. stories.marquette.edu › the-problem-of-religiousThe problem of religious illiteracy | by Marquette ... - Medium

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   Nov 7, 2017 · Religious illiteracy may result in the view that all Christians believe in the literal interpretation of scripture or that religious faith is incompatible with scientific knowledge or that faith is incompatible with reason.