Anthea Butler

**Anthea Deidre Butler** (an haife ta a shekarar 1960) farfesa ce 'yar asalin Afirka-Amurka a fannin addini kuma shugabar Sashen Nazarin Addini na Jami'ar Pennsylvania, inda ita ce Farfesa Geraldine R. Segal a fannin Tunanin Zamantakewa na Amurka.

## Rayuwar farko da ilimi
An haife ta a Texas a shekarar 1960, Anthea Deidre Butler 'yar Jesse da Willa Mae (Anthony) Butler ce.   Ta halarci Makarantar Sakandare ta La Marque da ke La Marque, Texas, inda ta lashe kyaututtuka a gasar kiɗa ta gida tana buga marimba .   

Ta kammala digirin BA a Jami'ar Houston–Clear Lake ; ta yi digirin MA a fannin tauhidi a Fuller Theological Seminary da ke California; da kuma digirin MA a fannin addini a Jami'ar Vanderbilt .   Ta sami digirin PhD a fannin Addini a Jami'ar Vanderbilt a shekarar 2001, tare da digirin digirgir, *A Peculiar Synergy: Matriarchy and the Church of God in Christ, wanda* Lewis V. Baldwin ya ba da shawara. 

## Sana'a
Butler ta kasance daliba ta farko a fannin launin fata, addini, da jinsi a Jami'ar Princeton daga 2001 zuwa 2002. Ta kuma kasance a jami'o'in Jami'ar Loyola Marymount da Jami'ar Rochester da ke Rochester, New York. A shekarar 2008 da 2009, ta kasance abokiyar bincike kuma daliba a Colorado a Shirin Nazarin Mata a Addini na Makarantar Allahntaka ta Harvard .  Tun daga 2009 ta kasance a sashen Jami'ar Pennsylvania, inda yanzu take aiki a matsayin shugabar Sashen Nazarin Addini.  A shekarar karatu ta 2025-26, Butler ta gudanar da babban taron karawa juna sani a Cibiyar Tarihin Koch da ke Jami'ar Oxford, tare da jigon karatun cibiyar a wannan shekarar shine 'addini da jiha'. 

Ta koyar da darussa kan akidun addinin Malcolm X, da Martin Luther King, kuma an san ta da yawan amfani da shafukan sada zumunta da kuma shiga cikin muhawarar addini a shafin Twitter . Ta yi rubutu a *Religion Dispatches*, *TheGrio* da kuma CNN 's *Belief Blog* . 

## Ra'ayoyi
A matsayinta na malamar makaranta, Butler tana cikin waɗanda suka yi zanga-zangar adawa da karɓar digirin girmamawa daga Jami'ar Rochester.  Ta kuma yi magana kan batutuwa kamar jima'i na mata 'yan Pentecostal, kuma ta soki Evangelicalism na tsohuwar 'yar takarar mataimakiyar shugaban ƙasa ta jam'iyyar Republican Sarah Palin .  Ta yi suka ga haƙƙin Kirista na Amurka da Evangelicalism gabaɗaya, tana jayayya cewa ita ce mai ra'ayin fifikon fararen fata ;   littafinta na 2021 *White Evangelical Racism: The Politics of Morality in America* ya tattauna White American Evangelicals da kuma goyon bayan wannan ƙungiyar ga tsohon shugaban ƙasa Donald Trump da 'yan Republican masu ra'ayin mazan jiya, tana jayayya cewa "evangelicalism ba kawai ƙungiyar addini ba ce" amma ƙungiyar wariyar launin fata ce, "ƙungiyar siyasa ta ƙasa". 

A shekarar 2015, a martanin da ɗan takarar shugaban ƙasa na jam'iyyar Republican Ben Carson ya mayar kan yadda aka nuna tutar yaƙin Confederate a gasar NASCAR ta zamani, ta yi jayayya cewa ya cancanci kyautar " Coon of the Year" a shafin Twitter, wanda hakan ya haifar da suka daga masu ra'ayin mazan jiya saboda amfani da kalaman batanci ga launin fata na Baƙar fata. Tommy Christopher na Mediaite ya kare amfani da kalmar, yana mai jayayya cewa kalaman batanci suna da ma'anoni daban-daban lokacin da Baƙar fata (kamar Butler) ya faɗi fiye da Baƙar fata.

## Rayuwa ta sirri
Butler Katolika ne, kuma na wani lokaci an san shi a matsayin mai wa'azin bishara . 

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### Labarai

* Butler, Anthea D. "Masu ra'ayin mazan jiya na Afirka a cikin Sabuwar Shekara." a cikin Sutton, Matthew Avery. *Imani a cikin Sabuwar Shekara* 2016: 59-73. ISBN&nbsp; .
* Butler, AD ""Mace Kawai Za Ta Yi" Karatun Littafi Mai Tsarki da Aikin Shirya Matan Baƙar fata 'Yan Amurka." *Mata da Addini a Ƙasar Afirka: Ilimi, Iko, da Aiki*, 155-178.
* Butler, AD (2001). *Ikon cibiyoyi da ikon ba da kwarjini* (shafi na 100-114).
* Butler, AD (2007). *Waliyyai Mara Daraja: Matan Cocin Allah cikin Almasihu* .
* Butler, AD, Walton, JL, Neal, RB, Hart, WD, Sorett, J., Blum, E., & Glaude Jr, ES (2010). Cocin Baƙar fata Ya Mutu—Rayuwar Cocin Baƙar fata Tsawon Rai. *Rarraba Addini.*

## Lambobin yabo da girmamawa
A shekarar 2021, an nada Butler a matsayin Farfesa Geraldine R. Segal a fannin Tunanin Jama'a na Amurka, farfesa "...a fannoni daban-daban na ilimi kuma an ba shi ga wani malami mai suna a ƙasa wanda manyan muradunsa sun haɗa da haƙƙin ɗan adam, 'yancin jama'a, da kuma dangantakar launin fata." 

Butler ya kasance memba na ziyarar shugaban ƙasa a Jami'ar Yale a tsakanin 2019-20, "don bincika bisharar wadata da kuma fannoninta na siyasa a cikin mahallin Amurka da Najeriya".  

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