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  <name><![CDATA[Stephen R. Prothero]]></name>
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  <about><![CDATA[Stephen Prothero is a professor in 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 Idol. He has commented on religion on dozens of National Public Radio programs and on television on CNN, NBC, CBS, 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.

Prothero has argued for mandatory public school Bible literacy courses (along the lines of the Bible Literacy Project's The Bible and Its Influence), along with mandatory courses on world religions. Prothero defines himself as a &quot;confused Christian&quot;.]]></about>    <gender>male</gender>        
  
  
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  <title><![CDATA[Religious Literacy: What Every American Needs to Know--And Doesn't]]></title>
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  <title><![CDATA[American Jesus: How the Son of God Became a National Icon]]></title>
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  <title><![CDATA[Purified by Fire: A History of Cremation in America]]></title>
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  <title><![CDATA[Religions of the East: Paths to Enlightenment]]></title>
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  <title><![CDATA[The White Buddhist: The Asian Odyssey of Henry Steel Olcott (Religion in North America)]]></title>
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      <name><![CDATA[Stephen R. Prothero]]></name>
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  <title><![CDATA[Asian Religions in America: A Documentary History]]></title>
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      <name><![CDATA[Stephen R. Prothero]]></name>
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  <title><![CDATA[A Nation of Religions: The Politics of Pluralism in Multireligious America]]></title>
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  <title><![CDATA[The Encyclopedia of American Religious History Volume 2, M-Z (Volume 2, M-Z)]]></title>
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      <name><![CDATA[Stephen R. Prothero]]></name>
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  <title><![CDATA[Encyclopedia of American Religious History]]></title>
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      <name><![CDATA[Stephen R. Prothero]]></name>
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  <title><![CDATA[The Encyclopedia of American Religious History]]></title>
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    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Stephen R. Prothero]]></name>
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        <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Gardiner H. Shattuck]]></name>
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