# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/stephen-r-prothero
# Generated: 2026-08-13T17:30:37.698Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/stephen-r-prothero"
name: "Stephen R. Prothero"
slug: "stephen-r-prothero"
description: "Stephen Richard Prothero is an American scholar of religion. He is the C. Allyn and Elizabeth V. Russell Professor Emeritus of Religion in America at Boston University and the author or editor of eleven books on religion in the United States and comparative religions, including the New York Times bestseller Religious Literacy."
tagline: "American historian"
gender: "male"
country:
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  isoCode: "US"
category:
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  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1960-11-13"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
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  momentum:             0
  historical:           5.285278666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     55
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    handle:    "sprothero"
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    handle:    "sprothero"
  - platform:  "IMDB"
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    handle:    "nm2613693"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "https://www.stephenprothero.com/"
sources:
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    title: "استفان پروترو"
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    title: "ستيفن بروثيرو"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Stephen Prothero"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
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    title: "Протеро, Стивен"
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    title: "Wikidata"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump