Anthea D. Butler Vita 2009-2011 *Full Vita Available upon Request
Academic Appointments
Associate Professor of Religious Studies, Graduate Chair of Religious Studies, University of Pennsylvania, September 2009-current
Research Associate and Colorado Scholar, Women’s Study in Religion Program, Harvard Divinity School September 2008-June 2009
Assistant Professor of Religious Studies, University of Rochester, Rochester, NY, July 2005- current
Associate Director, University Honors Program, Loyola Marymount University, September 2004-May 2005
Postdoctoral Fellow in Race, Religion, and Gender, Center for the Study of Religion, Princeton University, 2001-2002
Assistant Professor of Theological Studies, Loyola Marymount University, Los Angeles, CA. August, 1999- May 2005
Education Ph.D. Religion, Vanderbilt University, 2001 M.A. Religion, Vanderbilt University, 2000 M.A. Theology, Fuller Theological Seminary, 1995 B.A. Marketing, University of Houston At Clear Lake, 1983
Forthcoming Book The Gospel According To Sarah; How Sarah Palin and the Tea Party are galvanizing the Religious Right The New Press, est. publication date May 2012
Books Women in the Church of God in Christ: Making A Sanctified World, University of North Carolina Press, 2007.
Articles Where Nowhere Becomes Sacred: The Mojave Desert Cross and Sacred Space: Material Religion: The Journal of Art, Objects and Belief 2010
Media, Pentecost and Prosperity: The Racial Meaning Behind the Aesthetic: Pneuma: The Journal of the Society of Pentecostal Studies (submitted, forthcoming)
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Religion and Media in Africa: Oxford Handbook on Religion and the News (submitted, forthcoming)
Writing History as a Believer: Response to Noll, Bushman, Gregory in Fides et Historia Journal, (submitted, forthcoming)
“A Vagina Ain’t a Halo”: Gender and Religion in Saving Grace and Battlestar Galatica”, Anthea Butler and Diane Winston, in Small Screen, Picture: Lived Religion and Television (Baylor, 2009)
Areas of Teaching Competence Primary: African American Religious History, American Religious History, Women and Religion in America, Pentecostalism, Women and Religion, Fundamentalisms, Religion and Civil Rights, Religion and Social Movements
Secondary: Religion in the African Diaspora, Sociology of Religion, Theory and method in Religious Studies, History of Global Christianity
Professional Organizations
American Academy of Religion American Society of Church History American Historical Association Society for the Study of Black Religion American Studies Association Butler 3
Supplement to CV/Media and Writing Activity:
This section of the CV supports my writing in Religion Dispatches, plus what I term “ Public Intellectual Service” on behalf of the field of study. This work includes light consulting (unpaid) for media as well as Television and Radio Appearances.
Media
All selected media is from the Academic Year 2010-2011. More citations available on request
Radio/Television Eddie Long Scandal MSNBC http://youtu.be/wOuX82nqfAw
Allegations Revisit Church’s Stance on homosexuality NPR http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=130370393
TRU TV Elizabeth Smart Case http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fPaIeTg8tsQ
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Bishop Eddie Long's long reach | Anthea Butler | Comment is free | Guardian.co.uk http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/belief/2010/sep/30/bishop-eddie-long-prosperity- preachers
Parsing the Power of Eddie Long and the Black Church: Being http://blog.onbeing.org/post/1261083889/parsing-the-power-of-bishop-eddie-long-and-the-black
Religion Dispatches/Blogs and Articles
American Prosperity Gospel Makes South Sudan "Ripe for Exploitation" Apr 12, 2011
Crisis in Philly: Trial Date Nears for Priests Indicted in Sex Abuse Scandal Apr 7, 2011
Former Employee of Televangelist Joyce Meyer Charged with Murdering Wife and Sons Apr 6, 2011
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Sarah Palin to Tour Israel, Christian-Style Mar 18, 2011
“Japan Gave Us Pokemon, God Gave Them an Earthquake” Mar 11, 2011
Publisher Sues Televangelist Benny Hinn for “Moral Turpitude” Feb 23, 2011
Obama Missing Islam Opportunity with Religious Freedom Ambassador Feb 8, 2011
The Sharks Circling Glenn Beck Feb 7, 2011
Eddie Long in Hot Water Again Feb 4, 2011
Beck Fuels End-Times Hysteria Over Egypt Feb 1, 2011
Palin’s Persecution Complex Culminates with “Blood Libel” Accusation Jan 12, 2011
No Christmas in the Village of Philly Dec 1, 2010
Vick Redeemed by Record-Breaking Performance Nov 19, 2010
Facebook: Internet Highway to Hell Nov 17, 2010
Sarah Palin’s Freedom Cookie Nov 10, 2010
Post-Election, “Is The Black Church Dead?” Redux Nov 3, 2010
Gospel and Soul Lose a King and Queen Oct 15, 2010
Is Eddie Long Preparing For a Confession? Sep 27, 2010
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Eddie Long Case Should Mark the End of Black Church Homophobia Sep 23, 2010
Prayer Group Runs Away From Home, Sparks Fear of Mass Suicide Sep 19, 2010
Beck Plus God Does Not Equal X Sep 1, 2010
Single, But Married To Jesus Aug 18, 2010
Talking Prop. 8: Of Rites and Rights Aug 9, 2010
Weak Uni-Tea Aug 3, 2010
Anne Rice Quits Christians, Still Dates Jesus Jul 30, 2010
Tea Party’s Race Issues Surfacing Jul 19, 2010
Bristol Palin Bags Baby Daddy Jul 14, 2010
Obama’s Religion Ambassador: Inexperienced? Jun 21, 2010
Vatican’s New Media Evangelizing Strategy Can’t Save it from All The Bad News Jun 16, 2010
Heavy Metal Saved Me From Catholic Guilt; RIP Ronnie Dio May 16, 2010
Arizona is the Hispanic Alabama May 2, 2010