Lectures curated around the PBS broadcast God In America that explores the potent and complex interaction between religion and democracy, the origins of the American concept of religious liberty, and the controversial evolution of that ideal in the nation’s courts and political arena. “Americans are awash in a sea of faith, but their knowledge about religious faiths and religious history often runs as shallow as their commitment to religion runs deep,” notes Stephen Prothero, chief editorial consultant for God in America, professor of religion at Boston University, and author of Religious Literacy: What Every American Needs to Know - And Doesn’t. “A series like God in America can help correct that imbalance and provide the basis for a common understanding of the role religion has played in American public life.”
Lectures curated around the PBS broadcast God In America that explores the potent and complex interaction between religion and democracy, the origins of the American concept of religious liberty, and the controversial evolution of that ideal in the nation’s courts and political arena. “Americans are awash in a sea of faith, but their knowledge about religious faiths and religious history often runs as shallow as their commitment to religion runs deep,” notes Stephen Prothero, chief editorial consultant for God in America, professor of religion at Boston University, and author of Religious Literacy: What Every American Needs to Know - And Doesn’t. “A series like God in America can help correct that imbalance and provide the basis for a common understanding of the role religion has played in American public life.”
