Department of Religious Studies

Past Lectures

Lectures for the University and community with a focus on areas of interfaith relations (especially Christian, Muslim, and Jewish relations), race relations, and world peace; topics have included hunger, poverty, refugees, disarmament, and the religious and moral grounds for pacifism.

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Anthea Butler, Professor in American Social Thought at the University of Pennsylvania

Religious Nationalisms, Race and the End of Democracy

The 2024 K. Brooke Anderson Lecture will be on Wednesday, December 4th (5:30pm in Friedman 102) and feature Anthea Butler, Professor in American Social Thought at the University of Pennsylvania titled “Religious Nationalisms, Race and the End of Democracy.”

A renowned historian of African American religion and American religious history, Professor Butler's work explores race, politics, and popular culture. Author of White Evangelical Racism: The Politics of Morality in America and frequent MSNBC contributor, she offers a vital perspective on religion in today's world.

The K. Brooke Anderson Lecture is sponsored by the Religious Studies Department, Office of the Chaplains and Religious Life; Office of Institutional Equity and Diversity; and the Center for Race + Ethnicity in America (CSREA).

Anthea Butler - K.Brooke Anderson Lecture poster