By reading this book, you will realize how education and literacy about other religions and cultures can change our individual and communal perspectives about the experiences of others and can hopefully help us live together in a pluralistic world by respecting our differences.
Religious Literacy Through Ethnography
can be used for multiple purposes such as a supplemental textbook in courses related to world religions, introductions to religious studies, anthropology of religion, and philosophy of religion. Students can critique the experiences in this book, and supplement what they learn from their main textbook. Additionally, the general public can benefit from this book by learning the real experiences of observers of a religion practiced in the United States.