Stephen Prothero and Religious Illiteracy

Articles by Stephen Prothero

"A Nation of Religious Illiterates." Christian Science Monitor 97.39 (2005): 9. Academic Search Premier. Columbia Basin Coll. Lib., Pasco, WA. 14 June 2007.

"The Personal Jesus." New York Times Magazine (29 Feb. 2004): 29. ProQuest. Columbia Basin Coll. Lib., Pasco, WA. 14 June 2007.

"Reading, Writing and Revelation." Los Angeles Times (14 Mar. 2007): A23. ProQuest. Columbia Basin Coll. Lib., Pasco, WA. 14 June 2007.

"Teach the Bible in Public Schools." Christian Science Monitor 99.81 (2006): 9. Academic Search Premier. Columbia Basin Coll. Lib., Pasco, WA. 14 June 2007.

"Worshiping in Ignorance." Chronicle of Higher Education 53.28 (2007): B6-B7. Academic Search Premier. Columbia Basin Coll. Lib., Pasco, WA. 14 June 2007.

More articles by/about Prothero from ProQuest.

Books by Stephen Prothero in the CBC Library Collection

Religious literacy : what every American needs to know--and doesn't. San Francisco: HarperSanFrancisco, 2004.
Location: Main Collection
Call number: BL42.5 .U5P76 2007

Check for more books and/or availability in the CBC Library Catalog.

Other articles on religious illiteracy

Krattenmaker, Tom. "How Little We Know About Religion." USA Today (30 Apr. 2007). Academic Search Premier. Columbia Basin Coll. Lib., Pasco, WA. 14 June 2007.

Lachel, Conrad P. "Religious Illiteracy Weakens US." Christian Science Monitor 97.44 (27 Jan. 2005): 8. Academic Search Premier. Columbia Basin Coll. Lib., Pasco, WA. 14 June 2007.

Websites:

Professional homepage: http://www.stephenprothero.com/

Boston University: http://www.bu.edu/religion/faculty/bios/prothero.html

Shock Jocks

Clemmitt, Marcia. "Shock Jocks." CQ Researcher 17.21 (2007): 481-504.
Should racist and misogynistic speech be regulated? When Don Imus labeled the Rutgers University women's basketball team “nappy-headed hos” in April, it first looked to be just one more insult hurled in his long career. Imus was penalized initially with a two-week suspension. But when the incident appeared on the Internet site youtube.com, organizations ranging from the National Association of Black Journalists to the liberal media watchdog group Media Matters for America urged a tougher stance against racial stereotyping on public airwaves. Advertisers began pulling their sponsorship from Imus' show, and both networks that carried it — CBS Radio and MSNBC TV — fired him. The outcome was hailed by some as a long-needed response to an increasingly uncivil culture in which shock jocks, comedians, rappers and other media figures traffic in name-calling, racism and misogyny. However, other analysts say silencing Imus was unfair and could begin a purge of outspoken conservative radio hosts, including political commentators like Rush Limbaugh.
From the CQ Researcher. Reprinted with permission from CQ Press.

Books

Myers, Kristen A. Racetalk : racism hiding in plain sight. Lanham, Md. : Rowman & Littlefield, 2005.[Main Collection, P120 .R32M95 2005]

Holtzman, Linda. Media messages : what film, television, and popular music teach us about race, class, gender, and sexual orientation. Armonk, N.Y. : M.E. Sharpe,2000. [Main Collection, P94.5.M552 U646 2000]

Lederer, Laura, and Richard Delgado, eds. The Price we pay : the case against racist speech, hate propaganda, and pornography. New York : Hill and Wang, 1995.[Main Collection,KF9345 .A75P74 1995]

MacKinnon, Catharine A. Only words. Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard UP, 1993.[Main Collection, KF4772 .M33 1993]

Articles

EBSCO: ( radio* OR media ) AND ( raci* OR misogyn* ) AND ( Language* OR speech* ) ...

ProQuest: (radio*) AND SU(raci* OR misogyn* ) AND (Language* OR "freedom of speech")

HPV Vaccine

Bristol, Nellie. "HPV Vaccine." CQ Researcher 17.18 (2007): 409-432.

Should it be mandatory for school girls?A new vaccine that prevents infections from a sexually transmitted disease (STD) that causes cervical cancer is being hailed as a major achievement in women's health. The human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine, Gardasil, is recommended by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention for girls ages 11-12, and could be used by females ages 9-26. Some state lawmakers moved quickly to make inoculations mandatory for school attendance to ensure vaccine access regardless of socioeconomic status. The requirement was approved in the District of Columbia and Virginia. But reactions to an aggressive lobbying campaign by vaccine manufacturer Merck coupled with general concerns about immunization safety stalled efforts to mandate the shots in many states. Conservative groups joined the opposition, saying the vaccine would encourage inappropriate sexual activity and override parental autonomy.
From the CQ Researcher. Reprinted with permission from CQ Press.

Facts.com
"Vaccine Exemptions." Issues & Controversies On File. 9 Feb. 2007.

"Medicine and Health: Higher HPV Infection Rate Found." Facts On File World News Digest. 1 Mar. 2007.

Since this news brief refers to research published on JAMA in Feb., I searched EBSCOhost using the keywords "jama" AND "hpv" limited to publication dates after Feb. 2007. I got several article results.

Haug, Charlotte. "The Risks and Benefits of HPV Vaccination." JAMA. 2009;302(7):795-796. Links to introduction of editorial, which in turn links to two research articles.

(Note: Full text of JAMA articles from 1998 to present are available at CBC library on the Pasco campus through two reference computers. CBC Medical Library in the Health Sciences building at Richland keeps 3 years of JAMA in paper.)

EBSCO Search: View Results

Comments: This is a focused search with only 41 results as of today. To find more, you can simply delete the last line of keywords "mandat* or requir*", which resulted in more than 350 articles. Alternately, try combining subject searching with keywords, as SU PAPILLOMAVIRUS* and ( vaccin* or gardasil ).

ProQuest Search
(hpv or human papillomavirus* ) AND (vaccin*) AND (mandat* or requir*) Limit results to: full text

(Comments: The same search in ProQuest generated 231 results as of today. The greater number than EBSCO is due to the larger number of magazines and newspaper articles that are included in ProQuest.)

Books

Krishnan, Shobha S. The HPV vaccine controversy : sex, cancer, God, and politics : a guide for parents, women, men, and teenagers. Westport, Conn. : Praeger, 2008. Main Collection, QR189.5 .P36K75 2008.