Op-Ed: “Religion As A Wedge”: The Rick Warren Debacle
Anthea Butler.
With the choice of Rev. Warren to make the inaugural invocation, the president elect has proven himself tone deaf to the nuances of American religious life.
History in Real Time: Teaching Obama
Anthea Butler.
A professor of African-American religious history talks about teaching with a heavy heart, year after year, about the truths of racism. With the election of Barack Obama, this year will be different, but the journey of healing has only just begun.
RDRoundtable: Welcome to “The Family”
Jeff Sharlet, Anthea Butler, Diane Winston, and Randall Balmer.
Is an “aggressively anti-democratic” Christian movement quietly steering us toward a “theocentric” state? Three scholars discuss The Family with the author. Sparks fly.
