Do you consider yourself religiously literate? Andii Bowsher has drawn attention to a religious literacy test from the Association of Christian Teachers.
A religiously literate person is one who:
demonstrates an awareness of what life looks like from both theistic and atheistic points of view;
knows and understands the central determining features of certain religions (e.g.Buddhism, Christianity, Islam, Judaism, Sikhism, Hinduism) and secular ideologies (e.g. humanism);
recognises religious and secular worldviews in practices and ideas (e.g. relating to the natural environment) and has some grasp of what makes each religion/belief system what it is;
appreciates the principal effects of each religion/belief system in terms of the values,attitudes and impact it generates in individuals, families and communities;
values the development of their own religious insight;
values the development of religious insight for other people
I agree with Andii that the list suggests we have a way to go even with ‘religious professionals’ let alone the average consumer.
Curious Christian 
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