A review by crankylibrarian
God Is Not One: The Eight Rival Religions That Run the World by Stephen Prothero, HarperOne by Stephen Prothero

challenging informative inspiring reflective slow-paced

3.5

Prothero asks , “Which sport is best at sinking baskets?”  to point out the futility of comparing religions from one’s own religious viewpoint, since each has a different purpose and asks different questions.  Highly informative but marred by cheap sexism (Anne Boleyn is described as a “hot little number”) and a worrisome oversimplification of the connection between religion and  racism  geopolitical  conflict (a whole chapter on Zionism with no mention of Palestinians). Badly in need of an update.