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Life From SRF: Dr. Anthea Butler

May 04, 2024 Podcast Unreasonable
Life From SRF: Dr. Anthea Butler
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Unreasonable
Life From SRF: Dr. Anthea Butler
May 04, 2024
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Dr. Anthea Butler is Geraldine R. Segal Professor in American Social Thought, and chair of the department of Religious Studies at the University of Pennsylvania.

A historian of African American and American religion, her research and writing spans African American religion and history, Nationalism, race, politics, Evangelicalism, gender and sexuality, media, and popular culture.

She is an opinion writer for MSNBC, and her articles have been featured in the New York Times, The Washington Post, CNN, NBC, and The Guardian.

Dr. Butler is also the author of “White Evangelical Racism: The Politics of Morality in America.”

So with that portfolio, you might find be suprised to learn that she has some thoughts on our current religio-political moment.


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Dr. Anthea Butler is Geraldine R. Segal Professor in American Social Thought, and chair of the department of Religious Studies at the University of Pennsylvania.

A historian of African American and American religion, her research and writing spans African American religion and history, Nationalism, race, politics, Evangelicalism, gender and sexuality, media, and popular culture.

She is an opinion writer for MSNBC, and her articles have been featured in the New York Times, The Washington Post, CNN, NBC, and The Guardian.

Dr. Butler is also the author of “White Evangelical Racism: The Politics of Morality in America.”

So with that portfolio, you might find be suprised to learn that she has some thoughts on our current religio-political moment.


Thanks for listening! Now follow us on Twitter, Instagram, Facebook and Threads. And please consider becoming a Patreon supporter at www.patreon.com/podcastunreasonable. It's a small price to pay to help keep America from becoming a theocracy, dontchya think?