Religious Literacy: What Every American Needs to Know--And Doesn't

What's Your Religious Literacy IQ? Quick-can you:

• Name the four Gospels?
• Name a sacred text of Hinduism?
• Name the holy book of Islam?
• Name the first five books of the Hebrew Bible or the Christian Old Testament?Name the Ten Commandments?
• Name the Four Noble Truths of Buddhism?

If you can't, you're not alone. We are a religiously illiterate nation, yet despite this lack of knowledge, politicians continue to root public policy arguments in religious rhetoric whose meanings are missed-or misin...