Stephen Prothero
How a little-known editor made God a bestseller by helping Americans let go of religion
By Bob Smietana — March 13, 2023
(RNS) — A chance encounter at a party led religion professor Stephen Prothero to rediscover the story of Eugene Exman, a longtime book publisher who helped transform American religion.
After 30 years, Buddhist-inspired message of ‘Groundhog Day’ still holds spiritual power
By Bob Smietana — February 2, 2023
WOODSTOCK, Ill. (RNS) — Part Hollywood love story and part secular spiritual parable, the 1993 film shows life can be better if we pay attention.
The National Christmas Tree turns 100 this year. Here are five faith facts to know.
By Adelle M. Banks — November 30, 2022
(RNS) — Though the tree has not been lit every single year across the century, it is the second-oldest White House tradition after the Easter egg roll.
My religious knowledge — and yours
By Mark Silk — July 25, 2019
(RNS) — Both could stand some improvement.
Cue the religion scholar! Representing faith on the big and small screen
By Cathy Lynn Grossman — December 1, 2017
(RNS) — Try boiling down 400 years of religious history into a few seconds.
Reza Aslan defends controversial new book on Jesus
By Bob Smietana — August 2, 2013
(RNS) Reza Aslan's controversial new book about Jesus is about to make him a best-selling author. “Zealot: The Life and Times of Jesus of Nazareth” has already reached No. 1 on Amazon.com. But critics say Aslan has simply created his own version of Jesus.
Mitt Romney-Paul Ryan GOP ticket reflects religious shift
By Cathy Lynn Grossman — August 21, 2012
(RNS) The 2012 GOP ticket _ two Christians who are neither evangelical nor mainline Protestants _ isn't a major marker of social change, experts say, but rather a refection of today's wider, less brand-specific Christian culture. By Cathy Lynn Grossman.
‘The American Bible’ collects the texts that We the People love to fight about
By Daniel Burke — July 3, 2012
(RNS) There are certain speeches, songs, books, letters, laws, and axioms that Americans appreciate enough to argue about, says religion scholar Stephen Prothero. By Daniel Burke.
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