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Anthea Butler

Anthea Butler is Associate Professor of Religious Studies and Africana Studies at the University of Pennsylvania. Her most recent book is White Evangelical Racism: The Politics of Morality in America (UNC Press, 2021).

Anthea Butler, Archive, Beyond Belief: Election 2016, Christian Nationalism, Culture, OMFG, Politics/LawFebruary 22, 2018

Billy Graham and the Gospel of American Nationalistic Christianity

By Anthea Butler

Billy Graham’s death on the same day as the anniversary of the assassination of Malcolm…

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(A)theologies, Anthea Butler, Archive, Beyond Belief: Election 2016, Politics/Law, Remapping American Christianities, Sexuality/GenderOctober 25, 2016

New PRRI Survey Shows White Evangelicals Will Be “Left Behind”

By Anthea Butler

74 percent of white evangelical Protestants believe that American culture has changed for the worse since 1950.

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Anthea Butler, Archive, Remapping American ChristianitiesJuly 10, 2016

The Fire This Time

By Anthea Butler

I know. You want me to say something profound, the hard thing. You want me to say something passionate, something to rally you, something to make you feel like there is hope, and that we’re going to change. But that’s not what this piece is about.

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(A)theologies, Archive, Remapping American ChristianitiesApril 25, 2016

How Prince Set Fire to My Catholic Girlhood

By Anthea Butler

Prince is dead. Long live Prince. The morning after Prince’s death was announced, I woke…

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(A)theologies, ArchiveDecember 8, 2015

Pope Francis Opens Holy Doors; Trump Calls For Closed Borders

By Anthea Butler

On the eve of Pope Francis’ opening the Holy Doors of St. Peter’s for the Extraordinary Jubilee…

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Anthea Butler, Archive, Politics/Law, Sexuality/Gender, StoriesOctober 2, 2015

Pope Francis v. Kim Davis: A Vatican Game of Thrones

By Anthea Butler

Seems like the meeting between Pope Francis and Kim Davis was not as good for him as…

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(A)theologies, Anthea Butler, Archive, Remapping American Christianities, StoriesSeptember 29, 2015

God May Weep For Church Sexual Abuse, But Bishop Chaput Prefers to Bark

By Anthea Butler

When Pope Francis met with five victims of sexual abuse this past weekend it made headlines,…

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Anthea Butler, OMFG, RD BlogSeptember 27, 2015

Pope Meets With Sexual Abuse Survivors

By Anthea Butler

After meeting with Sexual abuse survivors, Pope Francis led off his remarks to the Bishops…

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With the Pope at Ground Zero
(A)theologies, Anthea Butler, OMFG, RD BlogSeptember 26, 2015

With the Pope at Ground Zero

By Anthea Butler

On Friday, Pope Francis went for an walk alongside the north pool of the 9/11…

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(A)theologies, Anthea Butler, Politics/Law, StoriesSeptember 24, 2015

What NOT to Expect from the Pope’s US Visit

By Anthea Butler

America has reached peak papal madness. Twitter has created emojis to go along with hashtags like PopeinUs, PopeinDC,…

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