Anthea Butler

MSNBC Columnist

Anthea Butler is a 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.”


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The long-shot African cardinals who could make papal history

The subtly complicated politics of Pope Francis’ funeral

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‘Conclave’ could have made a revolutionary statement — but it fell short