Diana Butler Bass
Diana Butler Bass (born 1959) is an American historian of Christianity and an advocate for progressive Christianity. She is the author of eleven books.
Diana Butler Bass | |
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Bass in 2018 | |
| Born | Diana Hochstedt Butler 1959 Baltimore, Maryland, US |
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Richard Bass (m. 1997) |
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| Thesis | Standing Against the Whirlwind (1991) |
| Doctoral advisor | George Marsden |
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| Sub-discipline | History of American Christianity |
| School or tradition | Liberal Christianity |
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| Website | dianabutlerbass |
Bass earned a PhD in religious studies from Duke University in 1991 with an emphasis on American ecclesiastical history, studying under George Marsden. From 1995 to 2000, she wrote a weekly column on religion and culture for the New York Times syndicate that appeared in more than seventy newspapers nationwide. She has blogged for the Sojourners God's Politics blog, On Faith at The Washington Post, Beliefnet, and The Huffington Post. She authored a Substack newsletter, The Cottage.
Bass is associated with Sojourners and is a member of the Episcopal Church.
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