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 research and recent book.

American Evangelicals are undergoing a profound shift in how they conceive their political, social, and civic action in America. Professor Anthea Butler’s talk will explore evangelicals’ changing beliefs, the embrace among many of conspiracy theories and nationalism, and the implications for the upcoming elections of 2022 and 2024.

Anthea Butler is the Geraldine R. Segal Professor in American Social Thought and Chair of Religious Studies at the University of Pennsylvania. A historian of African American and American religion, Professor Butler’s research and writing spans African American religion and history, race, politics, Evangelicalism, gender and sexuality, media, and popular culture.