Three Essays due Friday Night

Imagine you have been tasked to write a book review of Stephen Prothero’s God is Not One for a popular online publication whose audience perhaps knows very little about the world religious traditions. Your review should include what Prothero’s book is about, why he thought it was important to write such a book, what argument he makes, how he makes it, and whether or not he makes it effectively. Most importantly though your review should raise two substantive criticisms of his book based on the knowledge you have acquired throughout this semester. (Please note that simply mentioning omissions in his book, for example that you wish he had discussed a particular religion, which he left out, is not itself substantive. You must also include an explanation of why his adding a discussing of that religion might have contributed to his overall aims in the book.)

At this point in the semester we have read most of Prothero's book. We will read his brief coda on Atheism for the last week of class, and if you want to complete this assignment I suggest you read is conclusion chapter as well. 

The details:

· This assignment should be about 3 pages long (and absolutely no longer than 3 pages).