For black Catholics, the papal visit is a time of anticipation but also a time of reflection on their difficult - but… — Anthea Butler Copy Share Image
If there is anything that has broken the church's relationship with families, it is the global sexual abuse scandal. — Anthea Butler Copy Share Image
Pope Francis is calling for a better way to hold together complicated family lives in the midst of official church teaching without… — Anthea Butler Copy Share Image
Despite a rich history of black Americans involved in the Catholic Church, invisibility is a big problem for black Catholics in America. — Anthea Butler Copy Share Image
The American Catholic Church made statements on racism as far back as the 1940s and '50s. 'Colored' Catholic girls could not live… — Anthea Butler Copy Share Image
The Chicago Declaration on Women in the Catholic Church, drafted in July of 2015 by Catholics for Choice, stated that it imagined… — Anthea Butler Copy Share Image
The pope's instruction for priests to forgive may mean, in some cases, the difference between a woman staying in the Catholic Church… — Anthea Butler Copy Share Image
'Amoris Latetia' reiterates that Pope Francis is interested in changing both the tone and reception of people and families in the church… — Anthea Butler Copy Share Image
In evangelical and Pentecostal churches, most people have a home church they identify with, but you have a favourite pastor or evangelist… — Anthea Butler Copy Share Image
In Pope Francis's 'Amoris Laetitia' (The Joy of Love), an apostolic exhortation on Catholic family life, he does not make earth-shattering doctrinal… — Anthea Butler Copy Share Image
In a world where families are drowning on beaches to escape war, leaving the church because of sexual abuse, or denied access… — Anthea Butler Copy Share Image
The shooter's choice of Emanuel AME was most likely deliberate, given the church's storied history. It was the first African Methodist Episcopal… — Anthea Butler Copy Share Image
Charles Finney, the great 19th-century revivalist and evangelical, would have had a hard time preaching a revival in America today. Finney's brand… — Anthea Butler Copy Share Image
C. Peter Wagner was the Donald McGavran professor of church growth at Fuller. He was considered to be the heir of McGavran,… — Anthea Butler Copy Share Image
While the 1963 Birmingham church bombing is the most historic, there also was a series of church burnings in the 1990s. Recognition… — Anthea Butler Copy Share Image
What's sometimes called the 'browning' of the American Catholic church is very much on the minds of many U.S. bishops - and… — Anthea Butler Copy Share Image
While the 1963 Birmingham church bombing is the most historic, there also was a series of church burnings in the 1990s. Recognition of the… — Anthea Butler Copy Share
I went to Catholic school and experienced racism firsthand from nuns and priests. — Anthea Butler Copy Share
Graham promoted a white evangelical respectability that wanted to 'put the brakes' on the civil rights movement, and never really accepted women as equal… — Anthea Butler Copy Share
Historically, narratives of forgiveness were part of both the anti-slavery movement and the civil rights movement in America. 'Uncle Tom's Cabin,' for instance, was… — Anthea Butler Copy Share
What often happens in a court of law is that, if victims do get their day in court, they are on trial as much… — Anthea Butler Copy Share
Whether Trump knew it or not, his strong language tapped into evangelical beliefs about the 'last days' and America's role in biblical prophecy. — Anthea Butler Copy Share
The pope's instruction for priests to forgive may mean, in some cases, the difference between a woman staying in the Catholic Church or leaving… — Anthea Butler Copy Share
Despite a rich history of black Americans involved in the Catholic Church, invisibility is a big problem for black Catholics in America. — Anthea Butler Copy Share
My memories of Vatican II center on white parishioners turning away from me when I went to shake their hands at Mass during the… — Anthea Butler Copy Share
Trump's defense of white Anglo-Saxon Protestantism is gathering those who support him into a strong solidified base. Since the election of Francis, Republicans have… — Anthea Butler Copy Share
Not every conservative Christian is a dominionist, but to say a movement doesn't exist, as some pundits and journalists have, without even being able… — Anthea Butler Copy Share
The University of Pennsylvania and my wonderful colleagues in the Department of Religious Studies have been routinely sent hate emails about me. Calls to… — Anthea Butler Copy Share
Coldplay's 'Hymn for the Weekend' video featuring Beyonce is already caught in a heated conversation about cultural appreciation of Indian religion and culture versus… — Anthea Butler Copy Share
President Barack Obama cried during his announcement of new executive actions designed to curb gun violence in the United States by restricting the access… — Anthea Butler Copy Share
