E-mail a friendApril 6, 2007
Boston University professor Stephen Prothero discusses the need to learn more about the world's religions. Historian James Oakes explains lessons learned in his study of slavery.
Stephen Prothero
Stephen Prothero
Stephen Prothero discusses bringing religion into public schools (1:13).
Full Interview (10:39).
One of America's foremost experts on religion, Stephen Prothero chairs Boston University's religion department and is a specialist in Asian religious traditions in the U.S. He's the author of numerous books, including American Jesus, named one of the best religion books of ‘03 by Publishers Weekly, and Religious Literacy. Prothero is a panelist for the online conversation, "On Faith,' and has written for a variety of publications, including The New York Times. He holds degrees from Harvard and Yale.
James Oakes
James Oakes
James Oakes is professor of history and holds the Humanities Chair at the Graduate Center of the City University of New York. He's written several acclaimed works on slavery and the South, including Slavery and Freedom and The Ruling Race. His most recent book, The Radical and the Republican, is an account of two Civil War era icons—frontier lawyer Abraham Lincoln and former slave Frederick Douglass. It sheds new light on the central issues of slavery, race and equality in Civil War America.