“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
Prosperity preachers are using Trump to sell themselves.
Last weekend, Donald Trump paid a visit to Great Faith Ministries International, the home base of Bishop Wayne T. Jackson, a Detroit prosperity preacher. There, …
Why White Evangelicals want Trump to win.
There has been much hand wringing in the “Never Trump” camp about whether evangelicals will vote for Trump. Many will. And the reasons why are …
The History of Black Evangelicals and American Evangelicalism
Dr. Anthea Butler of the University of Pennsylvania presents “A ‘New’ History of Evangelicalism—Black Evangelicals and American Evangelicalism” Part of the Obsidian Society Paper Session …
AMERICA’S RACIST GOD
The not guilty verdict in the George Zimmerman case has me thinking a lot about a book I first encountered in seminary, Is God a …
Watching the new ‘Roots’ to learn more about slavery.
The new version of “Roots” that aired this past week was an important reminder of the degradation and brutality experienced by enslaved Africans in America. …
What it means to be an intellectual in the digital age
In an hour-long conversation, CUNY Graduate Center Provost Chase F. Robinson and Professor Anthea Butler discuss what it means to be an intellectual in the …