Two Nigerian professors have been elected into the American Academy of Arts and Science. They are Professor Jacob K. Olupona of the Harvard Divinity School and Dr. Muhammed Pate of Harvard T. H. Chan School of Public Health.
A careful history of the United States reveals a kind of “Christian nation,” but not the one many expect: not a political faith, enshrined from above, but a cultural one, spread from below.
Anthea Butler, known for her work in racial justice, reminds public theologians to get with social media. Anthea Butler says: the public theologian must be on social media.
Even Charles Bradlaugh, the first atheist member of Parliament, was haunted by the psalmist’s reproach, “The fool hath said in his heart, There is no God.”