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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Religion Dispatches

Heavy Metal Saved Me From Catholic Guilt; RIP Ronnie Dio

Upon the death of a ‘metal God.’

Anthea Butler

May 17, 2010

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Religion Dispatches

Arizona is the Hispanic Alabama

Arizona’s Republican governor and many conservatives may not be aware of the extent to which immigration cuts across religious groups—liberal and conservative. If draconian measures like SB 1070 take hold and opposition gains steam, Republicans may see their 2010 and 2012 hopes evaporate in the summer sun.

Anthea Butler

May 12, 2010