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)
Butler 2 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 Print :Written by Butler 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-prosperitypreachers 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
Butler 4 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
Butler 5 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