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).

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How Prince Set Fire to My Catholic Girlhood

Prince is dead. Long live Prince. The morning after Prince’s death was announced, I woke up, remembered he was dead, and buried myself under my duvet. I’m still in shock. How could that beautiful…

Anthea Butler

April 25, 2016

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Pope Francis Opens Holy Doors; Trump Calls For Closed Borders

On the eve of Pope Francis’ opening the Holy Doors of St. Peter’s for the Extraordinary Jubilee of Mercy, Donald Trump announced that if elected president, he would close the borders to Muslims…

Anthea Butler

December 8, 2015

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

Seems like the meeting between Pope Francis and Kim Davis was not as good for him as it was for her. In a statement released by the Vatican, approved by the pope, the Vatican stated “the Pope met with…

Anthea Butler

October 2, 2015

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