Boisi Center for Religion and American Public Life

Overcoming Religious Illiteracy Through Public Education

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Further Readings:

  • Diane L. Moore, Overcoming Religious Illiteracy: A Cultural Studies Approach to the Study of Religion in Secondary Education (Palgrave Macmillan, 2007).
  • Stephen Prothero, Religious Literacy: What Every American Needs to Know--And Doesn't (HarperSanFrancisco, 2007).
  • Joan DelFattore, The Fourth R: Conflicts Over Religion in America’s Public Schools (Yale, 2004)
  • Charles C. Haynes and Oliver Thomas, Finding Common Ground: A Guide to Religious Liberty in Public Schools (Nashville: First Amendment Center, 2001).
  • Martin E. Marty with Jonathan Moore, Education, Religion, & the Common Good (San Francisco: Jossey-Bass, 2000).
  • Warren A. Nord and Charles C. Haynes, Taking Religion Seriously Across the Curriculum (Alexandria, VA: ASCD; Nashville: First Amendment Center, 1998).