“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
The Revolution Part 2: From King to Kendrick Lamar
Dec. 1 at 7 pm: Remaining Awake Through a Great Revolution Part II: From King to Kendrick Lamar. Open to the public. http://ptsem.edu/events
Academics are under attack. Conservatives are trying to undermine free speech.
The release of the professor watchlist, purporting to expose professors who discriminate against conservative students, is anything but that. I should know: I’m on it. …
WITH POPE FRANCIS AT GROUND ZERO
On Friday, Pope Francis went for an walk alongside the north pool of the 9/11 Memorial Plaza to meet with ten families who lost loved ones …
GOD MAY WEEP FOR CHURCH SEXUAL ABUSE, BUT BISHOP CHAPUT PREFERS TO BARK
When Pope Francis met with five victims of sexual abuse this past weekend it made headlines, not only because he confessed that he “deeply regret[s] that some …
POPE FRANCIS V. KIM DAVIS: A VATICAN GAME OF THRONES
Seems like the meeting between Pope Francis and Kim Davis was not as good for him as it was for her. In a statement released by the Vatican, approved by the …
Sarah Palin accuses her political critics of “blood libel.”
Sarah Palin just made her horrendous week worse with her new video in which she accuses her political critics of “blood libel.” This gaffe — …