{"id":2415,"date":"2016-02-20T20:51:27","date_gmt":"2016-02-20T20:51:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/news\/world\/2415-harvard-launches-free-online-class-to-promote-religious-literacy\/"},"modified":"2016-02-20T20:51:27","modified_gmt":"2016-02-20T20:51:27","slug":"harvard-launches-free-online-class-to-promote-religious-literacy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/news\/world\/2415-harvard-launches-free-online-class-to-promote-religious-literacy\/","title":{"rendered":"Harvard launches free online class to promote religious literacy"},"content":{"rendered":"<h4 class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"font-size: 12.16px; line-height: 15.808px;\">This is one example of the &#8220;widespread illiteracy about religion that spans the globe<\/span><\/h4>\n<p>  <!--more-->  <\/p>\n<h4 class=\"MsoNormal\"><\/h4>\n<h4 class=\"MsoNormal\">\u00a0<\/h4>\n<h4 class=\"MsoNormal\">Sales of the Quran\u00a0skyrocketed in the United States\u00a0following 9\/11.\u00a0Perhaps it was a search for answers, or a desire to parse out certain stereotypes,\u00a0that made some people turn to the Muslim holy text.<\/h4>\n<h4 class=\"MsoNormal\">But the\u00a0increased circulation\u00a0of the Quran due to the rise of the so-called Islamic State has not always helped people to better understand and respect the faith. If anything, fear and prejudice toward Islam\u00a0has risen.\u00a0<\/h4>\n<h4 class=\"MsoNormal\">This is one example of the &#8220;widespread illiteracy about religion that spans the globe,&#8221; said Diane Moore, director of Harvard Divinity School&#8217;s\u00a0Religious Literacy Project\u00a0to The Huffington Post.<\/h4>\n<h4 class=\"MsoNormal\">To combat this illiteracy,\u00a0Moore and five other religion professors from Harvard University, Harvard Divinity School and\u00a0Wellesley College\u00a0are kicking off a\u00a0free, online series\u00a0on world religions open to the masses. 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