“People have to be made to understand that they cannot look for salvation anywhere but to themselves.” ― Ella Baker
Dr. Anthea Butler is the recipient of The 2022 Martin E. Marty Award!!
Each year, the American Academy of Religion presents the Martin E. Marty Award for the Public Understanding of Religion to an individual whose work has helped advance the public understanding of religion. Read more here.
Lectures, Panels, and Appearances
For evangelicals, the moral outrage over abortion is about race, gender – and ultimately, power
While the majority of Americans support making abortion legal in most or all cases, 74% of white evangelical protestants believe it should be illegal, according …
Race, Religion and the American Project
Anthea Butler, Associate Professor of Religious Studies and the Graduate Chair of Religion, University of Pennsylvania, delivered the 2012 Cole Lectures at the Vanderbilt University …
Conspiracy! Evangelicals, Fear, and Nationalism in the 21st Century
The John C. Danforth Center on Religion and Politics at Washington University in St. Louis was pleased to present Prof. Anthea Butler, who discussed her …
Kamala Harris is already facing sexist and racist attacks — and they’ll only get worse
From a birther screed to critiques of her racial identity and performance of gender, the presumptive vice president nominee faces a rocky road.
Vice President-Elect Kamala Harris shattered the glass ceiling for all women. It’s about time.
But Harris is more than a token to women, Black people and South Asian people. She is competent, reasoned, reasonable, intellectual and highly qualified.
Trump’s Phoenix megachurch rally proves how much faith and masks are now political
Despite the Bible’s invitation to love one’s neighbor, not wearing masks to protect said neighbors is all the rage in certain churches. But why?