Anthea Butler
Anthea Butler is a professor of religious studies and Africana studies at the University of Pennsylvania. Her most recent book, "White Evangelical Racism: The Politics of Morality in America," was published in March.
Anthea Butler is a professor of religious studies and Africana studies at the University of Pennsylvania. Her most recent book, "White Evangelical Racism: The Politics of Morality in America," was published in March.
Latest from Anthea Butler
Gov. Greg Abbott should have known not to mess with Texas mamas
A new ad serves as an indictment of the patriarchal Texas gun culture its governor promotes.
A sledgehammer Supreme Court attacks the wall dividing church and state
These rulings portend trouble for our nation's public schools.
How the conservative Christian right is hijacking homeschooling
The conservative Christian right has been working hard to dismantle public schooling for years.
Hillsong Church's scandals imperil the future of the megachurch
The scandalous stories out of Hillsong keep piling up.
Black women are achingly familiar with what Ketanji Brown Jackson endured
Democrats letting Republicans manhandle their Black woman nominee has angered their most loyal base.
Why Tennessee comptroller's racist 'hostile takeover' of a Black town may fail after all
Mason, Tennessee, a predominantly African American town of about 1,500, should benefit from the construction of a $5.6 billion Ford plant planned nearby.
Why white evangelical Christians are Putin's biggest American fan base
Evangelicals are a long way from how they historically thought about Russia and communism.
The National Prayer Breakfast is not what America needs
Given America's increasing polarization, elected officials should not be elevating Christianity above other faiths.
Hunger strikes for voting rights have ended but pressure on Biden and Dems cannot
If Biden cannot energize Black religious voters, Democrats will suffer severe losses.
bell hooks dies after a career of shaping a feminism Black women could embrace
bell hooks, an intersectional feminist, showed how class, race, gender and sexual identity interconnected and oppressed Black women.
Religious leaders supercharged Trump's presidency. SCOTUS just proved why.
How the alliance between evangelicals, Catholics and the far right against abortion created a potent political juggernaut.
